Saudi Arabia must stop playing 'cat and mouse' game with peaceful protesters

Headline Title: Saudi Arabia harrasses peaceful protesters 01 March 2013 Hundreds of people detained in Saudi Arabia in the wake of a protest against the incarceration without charge or trial of their relatives must be immediately and unconditionally released, Amnesty International said today.At least 176 men and women were arrested in the early hours of this morning after staging a peaceful protest outside the Bureau for Investigation and Public Prosecution in Buraida, a city north of the capital Riyadh, in Qassim province.They were calling for the release of more than 50 women and…

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