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Arabia
Reformists' Trial Set to Resume Today
2005-04-02
The trial of three detained Saudi reformists will reconvene today behind closed doors, their attorney said. Ali Al-Demaini, Abdullah Al-Hamed and Matruk Al-Faleh, who have been held for over a year, "were informed on Tuesday that the hearing will take place on Saturday morning," said lawyer Khaled Al-Mutairy. He said the hearing would be held in camera as in earlier hearings. The judge had adjourned the hearing for three weeks on March 12 following a request by the prosecutor for extra time to gather more evidence against the defendants. Mutairy said he did not expect a verdict to be reached in today's session which he thought would focus mostly on examining the prosecutor's new evidence. Demaini, Hamed and Faleh were arrested in March last year. They were charged with causing instability, collecting signatures for a petition and exploiting the Kingdom's battle with Al-Qaeda terrorists for political gain.
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