Ali al-Nimr

KSA: Director Discuses The Filming Of Saudi Arabia Uncovered

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: A Saudi woman walks outside a polling station in Riyadh during the desert kingdom's first municipal elections 10 February 2005. Saudi men went to the polls in the country's first ever election, a municipal vote barred to women that represents a cautious initial step towards democracy in the ultra-conservative kingdom. The ballot is part of a drive to introduce limited reforms, which Riyadh insists must be tailored to Saudi specifications and not necessarily follow a Western pattern. AFP PHOTO/RABIH MOGHRABI (Photo credit should read RABIH MOGHRABI/AFP/Getty Images)

In January of 2015, a man named Raif Badawi was lashed in public in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. His crime? Blogging critically about the role of religion in Saudi life in 2012 — an act that Saudi courts said insulted Islam. In addition to 1,000 lashes, Badawi, a [continue reading].

Video Report: KSA Police Arrested Boy age 17 – in Danger of Beheading

With all the enthusiasm of youth, Ali joined people in the streets calling for reform, his parents said. But Ali wasn’t an ordinary protester. His uncle, the Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr, was considered the spiritual leader of the movement. To Saudi officials, he was a revolutionary with ties to their arch rival, Iran. In 2012, Sheikh Nimr Al Nimr was accused of inciting the uprising, arrested and imprisoned. In January 2016, Sheikh Nimr was executed along with 46 other Saudi prisoners.

Ali al-Nimr was just seventeen-years-old when the Arab Spring reached Saudi Arabia in the year 2011, a country tightly controlled by its royal family. “With all the enthusiasm of youth, Ali joined people in the streets calling for reform,” his parents said. But [continue reading].

Leaders Asked Sen. Kerry To “Urge” King Salman To Halt Beheading of Youth

The Center for Inquiry’s Office of Public Policy serves as liaison to our nation’s (United States of America) government, to see that every available means is used to defend and promote science, reason, and secular values. We work with lawmakers to effect legislative [continue reading].