Saudi Arabian human rights lawyer sentenced to prison for demanding reforms

Headline Title: Saudi Arabian human rights lawyer sentenced to prison for demanding reforms 29 October 2013 Today’s decision by a Jeddah criminal court to imprison a prominent human rights lawyer for having signed a pro-reform statement two years ago is yet another sign of the arbitrary nature of Saudi Arabia’s justice system, Amnesty International said. Human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair has been sentenced to three months in prison for offending the Saudi Arabian judiciary. The charges stem mainly from his signing a petition in 2011 that criticized the heavy-handedness of the…

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