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Saudi Arabia: Ismailis peacefully protest 'repression'
By: Abduali
NAJRAN, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's Ismailis on Tuesday
rallied in the southern city of Najran in protest at
"repression" by authorities.
The protest, a rare occurrence in the kingdom, was held near
the city's airport amid a heavy security presence. It
dispersed peacefully after around four hours.
The protesters demanded an end to the "pressures" on their
community and the release of 30 people jailed since unrest
broke out in the Najran region six years ago.
A statement by organizers accused local authorities in Najran
of seeking to seize lands from Ismailis in order to settle
Yemeni tribesmen who were given Saudi citizenship in them.
According to witnesses in Najran, close to the Yemeni border,
hundreds of Ismailis took to the streets to protest against
Saudi religious police closing one of their mosques.
Diplomats estimate that tens of thousands of Ismailis live in
the kingdom's mountainous southwestern region which was
controlled by Yemen until the start of the 20th century.
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