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Saudi protest ends with 150 arrests
Washington Times ^
| Oct. 15 2003
| UPI journo
Posted on 10/15/2003 7:30:49 AM PDT by Int
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:40:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Police in the Saudia capital put down a demonstration for political reforms Wednesday, arresting at least 150 people.
Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Nayef Bin Abdel Aziz played down the significance of the protest, saying the number of demonstrators in the first public protest in the history of Saudi Arabia was very limited.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: demonstration; nayefbinabdelaziz; protests; saudi; saudia; saudiarabia
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posted on
10/15/2003 7:30:50 AM PDT
by
Int
To: Int
"They gathered up, carrying signs that mentioned women (rights) and other matters," he said. "They are misled people who were arrested and are being interrogated. We will happily rape the women in custody repeatedly, then behead them as prostitutes under Shariah. Allahu Akbar!"
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posted on
10/15/2003 7:34:37 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(The server demons have been slain. Long live John.)
To: All
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posted on
10/15/2003 7:36:46 AM PDT
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To: Int
Saudis demonstrate for political reform Last Updated Wed, 15 Oct 2003 5:29:59 RIYADH - Hundreds of people took to the streets in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, demanding drastic political reforms. It is the first large-scale protest in a kingdom where protests are illegal, and comes a day after it was announced Saudis would be allowed to vote in municipal elections.
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posted on
10/15/2003 7:41:13 AM PDT
by
Int
(Ever notice how the Freepers that have been here longest are the most 'moderate'?)
To: Int
I'm happy to hear the Saudis are finally beginning to respect human rights. It shows progress on their part that they only clubbed and arrested the protestors instead of shooting them all down on the spot.
Unless they made the arrests in order to prepare for a gala public mass execution.
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posted on
10/15/2003 7:42:03 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(Why is it called "international law" if only Israel and the U.S. are expected to observe it?)
To: Int
They gathered up, carrying signs that mentioned women (rights) and other matters," he said. Oh the horror!
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posted on
10/15/2003 7:52:06 AM PDT
by
OXENinFLA
To: Int
Hey, Saudi Arabia and China are Americas "best friends". Get it?
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posted on
10/15/2003 8:12:55 AM PDT
by
observer5
To: Int
Change is in the wind, people want freedom.
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posted on
10/15/2003 8:59:30 AM PDT
by
zx2dragon
(I could never again be an angel... Innocence, once lost, can never be regained.)
To: Int
the kingdom will organize the first partial municipal elections in 2004Let me guess: only male native-born Saudi Muslims are eligible to vote, and there will be one hand-picked candidate for each office in these "partial municipal elections," which will most likely be supervised by the Bureau of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (or whatever their SS is called).
To: Int
"They are misled people ( 150 of them )who were arrested and are being interrogated."I wonder how interrogated' is defined in Islamic Saudi Arabia..........
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posted on
10/15/2003 12:53:15 PM PDT
by
Pagey
(Hillary Rotten is a Smug, Holier - Than - Thou Socialist)
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posted on
10/15/2003 6:14:39 PM PDT
by
Int
(Ever notice how the Freepers that have been here longest are the most 'moderate'?)
To: Int
stick-welding stick-wielding
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10/15/2003 6:16:05 PM PDT
by
Int
(Ever notice how the Freepers that have been here longest are the most 'moderate'?)
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