Shia Rights Watch condemns the arrest of Shia Muslims citizens in Saudi Arabia. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior accused a number of Shia Muslim citizens of being involved in spying for other countries. Series of arrest occured after Shia Muslims demanded more freedom in the country and sought reform of the law, to allow freedom of worship, freedom of speech and allow them to criticize the wrongdoing of the government. Saudi authorities are trying to divert attention from all Shia Muslim demand by accusing them to be reliable to other country. We refuse all the accusation toward Shia Muslims and demand Saudi government to release all detainees. Also, we demand equality and human rights for all citizens of Saudi Arabia.
List of the Shia Muslims who were detained in recent days:
1- Shaikh Hasan Musa Alsaffar
2- Shaikh Abdelkarim Al-Hubail
3- Shaikh Mohammed Al-Obaidan
4- Dr. Tawfiq Al-Saif
5- Shaikh Ghazi Al-Shabeeb
6- Shaikh Fawzi Al-Saif
7- Sayed Hasan Al-Nemr Al-Mousawi
8- Sayed Hasan Al-Abdulla A-Nemr
9- Sayed Hashim Al-Shukhos
10- Shaikh Haider Al-Saeed
11- Abdelrahim Ahmed Bu-Khamseen
12- Jafar Ali A-Khazal
13- Abdelbaqi Abdelkadim Al-Basara
14- Shaikh Zaki Al-Awami
15- Shaikh Mohammed Al-Mahfud
16- Sadiq Yaseen Al-Ramadan
17- Basim Mohammed Al-Aithan
18- Mohammed Husain Al-Huwaidy
19- Bader Mahdi Zawad
20- Shaikh Fuad Al-Matrouk
21- Shaikh Ali Al-Zayer
22- Shaikh Abdulla Al-Nemr
23- Shaikh Saleh Mohammed Al-Ibrahim
24- Hany Abdelkarim Al-Abandi
25- Ali Abdulla Al-Madlouh
26- Naser Musa Al-Husain
27- Abdulilah Habeeb Khuraida
28- Sayed Tahir Al-Shemaimi
29- Shaikh Abdeljaleel Al-Zaki
30- Shaikh Mohammed Al-Abbad
31- Shaikh Mohammed Al-Abdelaal
32- Shaikh Ali Al-Nazgha
33- Adel Ali Al-Huamid
34- Husain Abdulla Al-Abbad
35- Abdulla Mohammed Al-Dawood
36- Sayed Alawi Musa Al-Husain
37- Sayed Majid Al-Sadah