Time to liberate the oppressive and corrupted Saudi regime

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%932012_Saudi_Arabian_protests

Since July 2012Main article: Timeline of the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests (from July 2012)


In July 2012, Amnesty International protested in the United Nations Human Rights Council against legal persecution of Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) leaders.[127] Ten women were detained in a Buraidah 14 July protest[85][86] calling for political prisoners[83] to be freed. Similar protests calling for prisoners to be freed and protesting against the Saudi government occurred in Buraidah on 23 July and in front of the Ministry of Interior in Riyadh on 25 July,[87][88] in Riyadh and Mecca on 28 July,[89] in Ta'if.[90] in Buraidah,[91] near al-Ha'ir Prison[92][93][94] and in Dammam[128] in August.



In July and August 2012, protests in the Qatif region intensified after Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was wounded in the leg and arrested by police on 8 July.[65] Three men were killed in a protest on the evening of the arrest.[66][67][68] Funerals and protests took place on 10 July,[70] 11 July[71] and 13 July,[72] including chants calling for the downfall of the House of Saud.[73][74] Another protestor was shot dead in the 13 July al-Awamiyah protest.[69] While detained, al-Nimr was tortured, had bruises on his face and broken teeth, and started a hunger strike.[75][76] Protest organisers in al-Awamiyah stated their support for al-Nimr and insisted on the use of nonviolent resistance.[77] Protester Mohamed al-Shakhouri was shot in the back and neck and arrested in a 26–27 July protest calling for al-Nimr's release.[129] Further protests called for all Shia and Sunni detainees to be freed,[78] including al-Shakhouri.[130] A protestor and a soldier were fatally shot in Qatif during a 3–4 August evening human rights protest,[79] leading to several more protests.[80][81][82]