zionist Saudi Arabia Regime jails Shia protester

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Shia citizen to 30 years in jail for taking part in protests against Riyadh’s sending troops to Bahrain to help crack down on anti-Al Khalifa demonstrations.

Saudi media reported on Monday that the unnamed defendant was found guilty in connection with the protests in the Qatif region of Eastern Province.

The protesters called for the withdrawal of Saudi troops from Bahrain.

Al-Hayat newspaper reported both the defendant and the prosecutor, who had demanded the death penalty, will appeal.

On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were sent to Bahrain to assist the Manama regime in its crackdown on peaceful protests.

In Saudi Arabia, protests and political gatherings of any kind are prohibited.

Since February 2011, protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia, mainly in Qatif and the town of Awamiyah in Eastern Province, where the majority of the kingdom’s Shia Muslims are concentrated.

Primarily the protesters were 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 Al Saud, especially after November 2011, when security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the province.