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Are US, Other Allies Ignoring Saudi Arabia's Political Prisoners?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsThe U.S. and European Union are ignoring the fact that Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 160 political dissidents in just two months, Human Rights Watch said in a scathing report today. More than 160 "peaceful" dissidents have been arrested in the oil-rich kingdom since February, as the so-called "Arab Spring" of revolt spread throughout the Middle East. Most of the arrests were in Eastern Province, where the Shiite minority has been holding protests calling for political reforms and the release of prisoners. "Allies of Saudi Arabia have not publicly protested these serious and systematic ...
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Iranian Students Hurl Firebombs at Saudi Embassy
By not in system - AOL NewsTEHRAN, Iran -- Scores of Iranian students have attacked the Saudi Arabian embassy with firebombs to protest the Gulf country's role in cracking down on anti-government protesters in Bahrain. The official IRNA news agency says protesters tried to attach a flag of the Lebanese group Hezbollah to the embassy's gate Monday, but were prevented by police. Protesters chanted slogans against Saudi and Bahraini leaders, both followers of Sunni Islam. Iran, predominantly Shiite Muslim, has denounced the deployment of a Saudi-led force to help prop up Bahrain's monarchy. A government crackdown against ...
Imprisoned Father of Autistic Boy Called 'the Bravest Man in Saudi Arabia'
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsKhaled al-Johani, who teaches religion to elementary school students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is neither a revolutionary nor an activist, according to his brother. But even though no one in the country knew it at the time, the 40-year-old father of a 5-year-old autistic boy was imprisoned and cut off from his family after speaking out at last month's planned "day of rage." After a clip of his rant was uploaded onto YouTube this week, however, he's being called "the bravest man in Saudi Arabia." His frustration over repressive Saudi laws and a lack of help from the government for his ...
Rising Oil Prices Beginning to Hurt US Economy
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - Just when companies have finally stepped up hiring, rising oil prices are threatening to halt the U.S. economy's gains. Some economists are scaling back their estimates for growth this year, in part because flat wages have left households struggling to pay higher gasoline prices. Oil has topped $108 a barrel, the highest price since 2008. Regular unleaded gasoline now goes for an average $3.69 a gallon, according to AAA's daily fuel gauge survey, up 86 cents from a year ago. The higher costs have been driven by unrest in Libya and other oil-producing Middle East countries, ...
Bahrain Declares Three-Month State of Emergency Over Unrest
By not in system - AOL NewsUPDATE: Bahrain's ruler has declared a three-month state of emergency over the unrest that has gripped the nation in recent weeks, according to state TV. MANAMA, Bahrain -- Bahrain's capital was in lockdown mode Tuesday with stores shuttered and main highways blocked by police after a Saudi-led military force entered the Gulf kingdom in a sharp escalation of efforts to quell a pro-democracy uprising against the ruling monarch. The dispatch of more than 1,000 troops from Gulf allies on Monday highlighted the regional worries about possible spillover from Bahrain, where members of a majority ...
Saudi Troops in Bahrain as Violence Escalates [VIDEO]
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Saudi Arabia Sends Troops Into Bahrain to Prop Up Monarchy
By not in system - AOL NewsMANAMA, Bahrain -- A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations that have sent waves of fear through Gulf states over the potential for enemy Iran to take new footholds on their doorsteps. The Bahrain conflict is sectarian as much as pro-democracy, as the strategic Gulf island nation's majority Shiite Muslims see an opportunity to rid themselves of two centuries of rule by a Sunni monarchy. But Gulf Sunni leaders worry that might give Shiite Iran a stepping stone to its arch-rival Saudi Arabia, connected to Bahrain by a wide ...
Saudia Arabia Quashes Protests, Neighbors Fail
By not in system - AOL NewsRIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A massive show of force snuffed out a Facebook-based effort to stage unprecedented pro-democracy protests in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Friday but political unrest and sectarian tensions roiled neighboring Yemen and Bahrain. Yemen's largest demonstrations in a month were met by police gunfire that left at least six protesters injured and seemed certain to fuel more anger against the deeply unpopular U.S.-allied president. In Bahrain, a conflict deepened between the island kingdom's Shiite majority and its Sunni Muslim royal family, whose security forces and ...
Saudi Police Open Fire at Rally
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO - Saudi police have opened fire at a rally in the kingdom's east in an apparent escalation of efforts to stop planned protests. Government officials have warned they will take strong action if activists take to the streets after increasing calls for large protests around the oil-rich kingdom to press for democratic reforms. A witness in the eastern city of Qatif says gunfire and stun grenades were fired at several hundred protesters marching in the city streets Thursday. The witness, speaking on condition of anonymity because he feared government reprisal, said police in the area ...
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