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Massive protests in Saudi East Province for Bahrainis
By: Abdulali
AL-QATIF, Saudi Arabia: Several hundred Saudi Shi'ites peacefully
demonstrated in the kingdom's oil-producing Shiite-dominated Eastern
Region on Friday calling for prisoner releases, immediate halt of
violence against innocent Bahrainis and a withdrawal of Saudi forces
from Bahrain, according to Reuters.
Saudi Arabia, the world's No. 1 oil producer and a U.S. ally, has not
seen the kind of mass uprisings that have rocked the Arab world this
year. But dissent is simmering in the kingdom as unrest takes root in
neighboring Yemen, Bahrain and Oman.
There were rallies in two villages close to the main Shi'ite center of
Qatif shortly after midday and afternoon prayers.
Demonstrators called for political freedoms and an end to what they
call sectarian discrimination against Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite Muslim
majority by the monarchy.
Saudi Shi'ites complain of discrimination, saying they often struggle
to get senior government jobs and benefits available to other
citizens. The government of Saudi Arabia, a monarchy that usually does
not tolerate public dissent, denies such charges.
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