Saudi Security Forces Killed two Shia in Qatif

Ali Agrairees and Muneeb Aladnan are two Shia killed by Saudi security forces on Wednesday evening 11-23-2011. Security forces intruded the funeral of the two Shia killed this week and raises the death toll to four in Eastern Province since Sunday.

An activist said: “Everything was fine until the body arrived, then the people got very angry and started to chant anti-government slogans and the riot police shot in the air.”

“People came back onto the streets after evening prayer and the riot police started shooting at them directly. I could hear shooting from 8 p.m. until midnight.”

Source: rasid.com

Ones Again Saudi Forces Took another Shia Life!

Another Shia died by a police shot on Monday night amid the crackdown in Qatif, which increased the death toll to two Shia within 24 hours. Sources confirmed to Rasid that Ali al-Felfel, 20-year old, received a direct bullet in the chest. The victim, from Shwaika neighborhood, was taken immediately after the shot to al-Zahra Hospital where he died.

Saudi security forces used live ammunitions to disperse the demonstrators in Qatif. Demonstrators rallied, protesting the death of Naser al-Muheshi, who was killed by police on Sunday night. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), al-Muheshi’s father said that his son was shot by four bullets in the back. He insisted: “I will not give up my son’s blood”. He described the incident as “a snapshot of chaos”.

Protests of Monday night witnessed anti-government slogans that refused the use of live bullets against citizens. Witnesses told Rasid that several protesters were injured by police shootings. Residents said that barrage of police fire shots were heard in the area from Monday afternoon and continued until night hours.

A police spokesman in the Eastern Province declined to comment, according to AFP. “We cannot give any comment regarding this incident. It is an affair of the Ministry of Interior.”

Local rights sources have reported the injury of 11 Shia by police fire since the beginning of peaceful protests since last March. The demonstrations demanded the release of political detainees, in addition to political reforms and ending sectarian discrimination. Not to forget, every time Shia ask for their rights in the Arab world, they get the bullet instead.

Source: rasid.com

Australian Shia man in Saudi prison

Saudi Arabia has refused to allow Australian officials to visit a Australian Shia man and father of five, held in prison in the oil-rich kingdom for almost three weeks, after being accused of blasphemy.

The family of Mansor Almaribe – detained in the city of Medina on November 14 and accused of insulting companions of the prophet Mohammed – holds grave fears for his health as he suffers from diabetes and heart disease.

Mr Almaribe has been unable to afford a lawyer and will not be provided one under Saudi law. His case is expected to be brought to court tomorrow, where sentence will be announced.

An Arabic-speaking Australian official from the embassy in Riyadh travelled 900 kilometres to the Medina jail on Wednesday (yesterday, Melbourne time) but was refused entry by the prison manager.

The Directorate of Prisons in Medina also refused to allow access to Mr Almaribe, claiming the Saudi foreign affairs ministry must approve any visit.

The Australian embassy had lodged a request for access days beforehand. Visits are complex as only followers of Islamic faith may enter Medina under Saudi law.

Mr Almaribe is a Shiite Muslim, a minority branch in the predominantly Sunni country, and was making the Haj pilgrimage when he was arrested by religious police.

The Australian official was assured Mr Almaribe was in “fine” health and was given showers and had seen a prison doctor.

But the Saudi guards said they would not allow a doctor arranged by the embassy to assess Mr Almaribe.

The prison officials did, however, accept a copy of Mr Almaribe’s medical records sent from Australia.

Australian officials have assured Mr Almaribe’s family that they have been unable to find any past examples of people being executed for crimes of the type for which Almaribe has been accused.

Mr Almaribe’s eldest son, Jamal, told “The Age,” his father had been arrested by religious police while reading and praying in a group.

Source: Rasid.com

19-Year-Old Boy Killed by Security Forces in Qatif

A Saudi lad was killed Sunday night by police fire at a security checkpoint in Qatif. Witnesses told Rasid that Naser al-Muheshi, 19-year old, was seen lain on the ground near a checkpoint at Riyadh Street after being shot by police. It was not known at the beginning if he was dead or not, but sources indicated later that he was clinically dead when his body was brought to the hospital. Witnesses said that the victim was left lain at the checkpoint for a long time until an ambulance arrived to rescue him. Till this moment, no details are available as to why the police opened fire at the victim. After the incident, many police vehicles were seen in the area, which closed the surrounding streets.

Source: rasid.com

17 Years Old Saudi Arabian was Arrested in Bahrain just Because he is Shia

Months have passed since the beginning of the Arab Spring and Bahrain still remains the only country that Human Rights issues have minimal representations. People of Bahrain remain under pressure and this sectarian issue escalades to higher levels of inhuman activities and hate against the shia in monarchy of Bahrain. Parents of Ali Shamimy report their son, a 17 years old young adult, lost while he was traveling to Bahrain from Saudi Arabia to visit few of the relatives in Bahrain. Later in that same day, Shamimy’s relatives contact Ali’s parents in Saudi Arabia, and mentions that Ali was forcefully taken from the door steps of where he was visiting his relatives on the 17^th of October , at approximately 5 pm. Shamimy family members seek freedom of their son from Bahraini prisons while he is a Saudi Arabia residence.

Shamimy family has exhausted all the options in the Saudi Arabia, and has even been rejected by the Saudi embassy in Bahrain without any explanation or even investigation of the issue only because the family comes from Al Awamia- Qatif province of Saudi Arabia, which is mainly a Shia populated province.

Ali Shamimy’s relatives have tried to reach out to the police authorities however no updates have been given as to what his status is. Later that week an anonymous source who declared to be Ali’s prison mate told the family that their son Ali has been under endless amount of torture and assault, until he was moved to Bahrain’s political prison after spending a couple days in the local Police Station. Ali’s inmate told his family, “At the beginning of his arrival, Ali was pushed and forced on the ground and while one of [the assailants] boots was on Ali’s face and the officer had forcefully hit Ali multiple times and called him names.”

Unfortunately, no humanitarian organization has yet been able to reach the Saudi Arabia or even Bahraini authorities, and Shamimy family among thousands of other families hope that more spot light is shed on similar inhumane issues, and the monarchy of Bahrain is forced to accept their mistakes! Shia Rights Watch, and other humanitarian organizations are taking every possible action to get some results or news updated about Ali Shamimy and thousands of other innocent prisoners, and their effort will not stop until there has been changes or results.

After all the effort of the humanitarian organization including Shia Rights Watch, Ali Shamimy released in 12/12/2011

Saudi Wahhabi Authorities Arrested the Shia Citizen

Saudi Wahhabi Authorities Arrested the Shia Citizen Abdullah Mohammad al-Mabyouq

According to information received by the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula ( CDHRAP ), the Saudi authorities arrested on 9 July 2011, the Shia citizen (Abdullah Mohammad al-Mabyouq from al-Qatif of the Eastern Province ) at al-Batha check-point detention center on the Saudi Arabia & United Arab Emirates Border and then moved to al-Dammam prison. Al-Mabyouq was not accused of any formal accusation. He was denied family visit and his fate is unknown.

The Saudi authorities are still holding for more than 40 Shiites accused of participation in demonstrations in Qatif.

A Shia Muslim Woman Injured in a Racial Attack in London

Mrs. Kazemi was beaten up in a racial attack by four young British girls when she was on her way to home in London.

They attempted to pull her scarf. She resisted. Faced with her resistance, they beat her in London Road, one of London’s main streets and then ran away.

Mrs. Kazemi was seriously injured and blood was running down her face.

Meanwhile, the Muslim Students Association in London, condemned the attack of the anonymous against one of their members. They accused the British government in promoting and supporting the anti-Islamic groups, holding them directly responsible for such events.

Saudi Arabia Detains 22 Shias

DUBAI: Saudi security forces have detained at least 22 minority Shias who protested last week against discrimination, activists said on Sunday, as the kingdom tried to keep the wave of Arab unrest outside its borders.

Saudi Shias have staged small demonstrations in the eastern province, which holds much of the oil wealth of the world’s top crude exporter.

The province is near Bahrain, also the scene of protests in recent weeks by majority Shias against their Sunni rulers.

“Twenty-two were arrested on Thursday plus four on Friday, so the total is 26. This was all in Qatif,” said rights activist Ibrahim al-Mugaiteeb, who heads the independent Saudi-based Human Rights First Society.

A Shia activist in the province’s main town of Qatif also said he knew of 22 arrests.

Saudi Interior Ministry officials could not be reached for comment.

Imam Killed and Many Injured in Firebomb Attack on Shia Mosque

A fire was set to a Shia mosque in Brussels on Monday, killing its 47-year-old Shia imam and injuring another person, AFP reported.

According to the report, the incident took place when a firebomb was thrown into the Reza shia mosque, the largest of the four Shia mosques of Brussels and its environs.

Police officials at the scene confirmed in a conversation with AFP it was the imam Sheikh Abdullah who died after succumbing to the fumes in the burnt-out place of worship. A second person who was with him at the time of the attack was lightly injured.

A spokesman for the local police told the news agency that a suspect was taken into custody at the scene.

Anderlecht Mayor Vincent Van Goidsenhoven said the suspect threw a Molotov cocktail at the mosque, which is located near an area with a large immigrant Muslim population.

Belgian Interior Minister Joelle Milquet told AFP she was “very shocked by the events that have occurred,” saying she condemned the event “with firmness and indignation.”

The last time a Shia imam was targeted in Brussels, AFP noted, was in 1989 when Saudi-born Abdullah Muhammad al-Ahdal was shot dead.

Al-Ahdal served as imam in the Grand Mosque of Brussels and was killed on March of that year by an armed man inside the mosque. His killing was claimed by a small Salafi Syrian group in Lebanon, who accused him of being too moderate.

Anti Shia attack in Iraq killed 73 Shia and wounded 250

Violence against Shia Muslim is increasing throughout different countries with little to no response from the United Nation and Humanitarian organizations.

In Iraq, several bombs have exploded in September 7^th, 2012 killing 73 and wounding 250 Shia. At least 42 Shia were killed in Baghdad alone.

According to officials, the bloodiest attack occurred in the morning in a market near the shrine of Imam Ali in southern Iraq. Two suicide car bombing attacks killed 24 Shia and wounded 60 other.

8 Shia were killed by car bomb explosion in Kirkuk, 250 miles north of the capital. And in another part of the city, two people were killed by the explosion of a car bomb.

In the city of Basra, a car bomb in a market killed three Shia and wounded at least 20 others.
Bombings have also rocked the cities of Kirkuk, Samarra,Tal Afar and Touz Khourmato, north of Baghdad, killing four Shia and wounding 24.

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