Jan 2, 2019
On this day in 2016 the Tyrant Government of Saudi Arabia executed a leading Shia cleric for speaking up against oppression and basic human rights for Shia Muslims who have been persecuted in the region for decades. His execution was condemned by Iran and Shiites throughout the World. The Saudi government said the body would not be handed over to the family. In March 2017, after a long campaign of harassment, the Saudi security forces killed two cousins of the Nimr family during a raid on a farm in eastern Saudi Arabia. Miqdad and Mohammad Al-Nimr were killed at a farm in Awamiyah, the Nimr family hometown.
Ali Al Nimr the nephew of Sheikh Nimr remains in custody until this day awaiting execution.
