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Saudi Arabia executes man arrested for protesting as a teenager
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-executes-mustafa-darwish-over-teenage-activism
15 June 2021
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said on Tuesday that the kingdom had executed Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish, who was convicted over participation in anti-government protests in the Eastern Province when he was 17.
The family received no advance notice of the execution, and found out about it online, the British rights group Reprieve said in a statement.
Earlier this month, a Saudi court upheld the death sentence against Darwish, who comes from the minority Shia community. He was 26.
According to court documents, he was subjected to prolonged pre-trial detention, torture and a grossly unfair trial....