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14 Get Death for Saudi Shiite Town Unrest
 [An Nahar] A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced to death 14 people convicted of taking part in deadly unrest in a Shiite-populated region of the predominantly Sunni kingdom, a local daily reported.Al-Riyadh said the 14 were among 24 "accused of killing security personnel and robbing passers-by in Awamiya," a Shiite town in the Eastern Province. One of the defendants was acquitted and the other nine were enjugged I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! for between three and 15 years, Al-Riyadh said on its website, without giving further details. Awamiya, a town of about 30,000, has been the scene of repeated incidents since 2011 when protests began among Shiites and later developed into a call for equality in the kingdom. The minority Shiite community has long complained of marginalization. Hundreds were tossed in the calaboose Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! in a crackdown after the initial protests, according to Posted by: Fred 2016-06-02 |
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