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The
director of the USZ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), David Petraeus, has met
with the Saudi king in Saudi Arabia as Riyadh intensifies its crackdown on
anti-government protesters.
Petraeus
met with ailing Saudi King Abdullah in the city of Jeddah on Monday, Arab News
reported.
There
have been no reports on what was discussed during the meeting.
On
Monday, Saudi activists called for anti-government demonstrations across Saudi
Arabia’s Eastern Province as tension remains high in the oil-rich region over
the detention of Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr.
The
activists called for demonstrations to be held in Qatif, Awamiyah, Tarut,
Safwa, and Sihat to condemn Riyadh's deadly crackdown on the recent protests.
Bahraini activists announced that demonstrations would also be held in the
Bahraini towns of Sar and Daih in solidarity with the Saudi protesters.
On
Sunday, Saudi security forces opened fire on demonstrators in Qatif who were
protesting against the detention of al-Nemr. At least three people were killed
and many others injured in the attack.
Earlier
in the day, al-Nemr was injured when regime forces fired at his car in
Awamiyah. There has been no word on his condition or whereabouts.
Since
February 2011, Saudi protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the
Eastern Province, mainly in the Qatif region and the town of Awamiyah, calling
for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly,
and an end to widespread discrimination.
However,
the demonstrations turned into protests against the regime of the House of
Saud, especially after November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five
protesters and injured many others in the Eastern Province.
The
Saudi Interior Ministry issued a statement on March 5, 2011, prohibiting “all
forms of demonstrations, marches or protests, and calls for them, because that
contradicts the principles of the Islamic sharia, the values and traditions of
Saudi society, and results in disturbing public order and harming public and
private interests.
In
June, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered the country’s security
forces to go on a state of high alert due to what he called a “turbulent
situation” in the region.
According
to Human Rights Watch, the Saudi regime “routinely represses expression
critical of the government.”
(press tv)
Pakistan Cyber Force
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