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Saudi Releases Shiite Ex-Death Row Prisoner Al-Nimr: Rights Group

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10/27/21
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Ali al-Nimr

An undated handout picture released by reprieve.org on September 23, 2015 shows Ali al-Nimr, who received a Saudi death sentence that was later commuted. Photo: reprieve.org/AFP/File

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Ali al-Nimr, a Saudi from the Shiite minority who received a death sentence that was later commuted, was released on Wednesday after years in prison for taking part in anti-government protests. 

“Ali al-Nimr, a young man detained since 2012 for participating in protests when he was a child, and who previously faced a death sentence, has been released today,” ALQST for Human Rights said on Twitter.

Also on Twitter, his sister said that, “after ten years, my brother is free, thank God”.

Ali al-Nimr is a nephew of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr who was executed by Saudi Arabia in 2016, leading to a rupture of diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Tehran.

BREAKING: Ali al-Nimr, a young man detained since 2012 for participating in protests when he was a child, and who previously faced a death sentence, has been released today. #SaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/LsVfVERKvS

— ALQST for Human Rights (@ALQST_En) October 27, 2021

Ali al-Nimr was handed a death sentence along with two other under-age Saudis from the Shiite community in 2012, after taking part in protests against the Sunni ruled kingdom.

In April 2020 the authorities said that the kingdom would stop imposing death sentences on people guilty of crimes committed when under the age of 18.

The reform comes in a country which has one of the highest execution rates in the world.

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