A 22 year old man, Ali al-Faraj, was shot 11 times by Saudi forces as he was running away from them. His brother, Hussein, was also killed as he was documenting the attack. The killings happened as officers raided the home of the Shia rights activist during a crackdown on human rights activists who document Shia rights violations in that country. Hussein was a photographer who had documented many human rights violations in Saudi Arabia.
The Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia is home to a Shia Muslim minority that has always been under attack by the kingdom. 950 people, mostly human rights activists and journalists, have been arrested since 2011 with under different accusations and pretexts, 217 are still being held, according to BBC news.
Shia have been considered second class citizens and have no right to employment, higher education, freedom of speech or religion in Saudi Arabia.
The government spends billions of dollars feeding anti-Shia terrorist groups as part of its ant-Shi’ism ideology.
