Saudi Shia activist succumbs to gunfire wounds sustained in regime raid on Qatif

A young Shia activist in Saudi Arabia, who was critically wounded by regime force during a raid on the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province, has succumbed to his injuries as a crackdown against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues unabated in the conservative country.

A young Shia activist in Saudi Arabia, who was critically wounded by regime force during a raid on the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province, has succumbed to his injuries as a crackdown against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues unabated in the conservative country.

London-based and Arabic-language Nabaa television news network reported that Nazir Ibrahim al-Ghazawi, a resident of al-Qudaih village in the Qatif region, passed away on Monday.

Ghazawi had been shot and wounded after being ambushed by Saudi regime forces in Tarout Island on October 17. He had been struck with two bullets in the process.

Saudi Arabia has recently stepped up politically-motivated arrests, prosecution, and conviction of peaceful dissident writers and human rights campaigners.

Saudi regime forces have also intensified crackdown in Eastern Province.