Saudi Arabia: Remove conditions on royal ‘pardon’ of reformists

Headline Title:  Saudi Arabia: Remove conditions on royal ‘pardon’ of reformists 15 January 2013 Six jailed reformists in Saudi Arabia must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International reiterated after they and 10 others convicted with them were offered a royal “pardon” on the condition they sign pledges renouncing their public activism.On Saturday, activists, including a lawyer for one of the reformists, circulated information about the pardon for the 16 men, who had been found guilty in November 2011 on a range of serious charges related to their peaceful human…

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