{"id":6653,"date":"2018-11-11T07:22:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T07:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/"},"modified":"2018-11-11T07:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T07:22:45","slug":"riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen Shia men on death row in Saudi Arabia, blasting the Riyadh regime for resorting to death sentences as a \u201ctool\u201d to suppress the kingdom\u2019s Shia minorities.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen Shia men on death row in Saudi Arabia, blasting the Riyadh regime for resorting to death sentences as a \u201ctool\u201d to suppress the kingdom\u2019s Shia minorities.<\/h4>\n<h4>The UK-based rights body said in a report on Wednesday that there are signs the jailed Shia men \u2013 who had been sentenced to death in 2016 \u2013 could be facing imminent execution as they were transferred to Saudi Arabia\u2019s so-called Presidency of State Security.<\/h4>\n<h4>That institution was created last year with the aim of diminishing the powers of the Interior Ministry and putting the king in direct control of \u201cstate security\u201d matters.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThe families of the men are terrified by this development and the lack of information provided to them on the status of the cases of their loved ones,\u201d said Heba Morayef, Amnesty\u2019s Middle East and North Africa director.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cGiven the secrecy surrounding Saudi Arabia\u2019s judicial proceedings, we fear that this development signals the imminent execution of the twelve men,\u201d Morayed added.<\/h4>\n<h4>She further said the men had been found guilty of what is claimed to be spying for Iran in \u201ca grossly unfair trial.\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen Shia men on death row in Saudi Arabia, blasting the Riyadh regime for resorting to death sentences as a \u201ctool\u201d to suppress the kingdom\u2019s Shia minorities. \u00a0 Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[89,593,150,38],"class_list":["post-6653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-amnesty-international","tag-death","tag-riyadh","tag-saudi-arabia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen Shia men on death row in Saudi Arabia, blasting the Riyadh regime for resorting to death sentences as a \u201ctool\u201d to suppress the kingdom\u2019s Shia minorities. \u00a0 Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-11T07:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/\",\"name\":\"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-11T07:22:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-11-11T07:22:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":365},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\",\"name\":\"Arooj\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty - Shia Waves","og_description":"Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen Shia men on death row in Saudi Arabia, blasting the Riyadh regime for resorting to death sentences as a \u201ctool\u201d to suppress the kingdom\u2019s Shia minorities. \u00a0 Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2018-11-11T07:22:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":365,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arooj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arooj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/","name":"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-11T07:22:45+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-11T07:22:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/images_2018_11_10_01.jpg","width":650,"height":365},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6653-riyadh-uses-death-penalty-as-tool-to-crush-shia-dissidents-amnesty\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9","name":"Arooj","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}