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The Prisoners of Conscience, an independent non-governmental organization advocating human rights in Saudi Arabia, announced in a post on its official Twitter page that Saudi authorities have detained Mohamad Baqer Al-Nimr, the brother of executed Shia Scholar Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr, and the father of Ali Al-Nimr.
🔴 BREAKINGAuthorities arrest Mr. Mohamad Baqer Al-Nimr, (father of Ali al-Nimr, whose death sentence was lately dropped). #محمد_باقر_النمر pic.twitter.com/KOUR01uP2k
— Prisoners of Conscience (@m3takl_en) February 26, 2021
ALQST for Human Rights, an independent NGO, said that Mohammad Baqir Al-Nimr had been arrested during a raid on his house in the town of Al-Awamiyah in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to Press TV.
He is the brother of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr, a Saudi Scholar who called for reforms and was executed by Saudi authorities in January 2016. The arrest of Mohammad comes only a few weeks after the government of Saudi Arabia commuted to 10 years a death penalty given to his son, Ali. Ali Al-Nimr was sentenced to death over his alleged role in anti-government protests in the Eastern Province in February 2012, when he was 17 years old.
