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Amnesty International says appalling death sentence against Shia cleric must be quashed
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Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Program said that the death sentence against Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr is part of a campaign by the authorities in Saudi Arabia to crush all dissent, including those defending the rights of the Kingdom’s Shia Muslim community.
Sheikh al-Nimr’s brother, Mohammad al-Nimr, was reportedly arrested after the sentence was passed at the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh.
The reasons for Mohammad al-Nimr’s arrest remain unknown – although it is believed he was detained after tweeting about his brother’s death sentence.