Qatif wounded protesters in urgent need for treatment – Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amer indicted

Saudi Arabia: Qatif wounded protesters in urgent need for treatment & cleric Amer indicted
15 August, 2012 – Silver Lining
Qatif Wounded Protesters In Urgent Need for Treatment

Al Manar – The A-Sharq [East] Center for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia that warned “the wounded peaceful protests in Qatif Eastern province and those who did not review medical centers for fear of their arrest are in real need for urgent medical care.”

In a letter to Doctors Without Borders, the center urged organizations to provide assistance to the wounded protests in Qatif.

They further stressed that ” 20 wounded protests who were shot dead by Saudi security forces fall under the rubric of “disabled” because of the sensitivity and the severity of their injury.”

“As some of the wounded have went to hospitals, others refused to go to hospitals fearing of the arrest in the event they review medical and treatment centers,” the human rights center said.

It further cautioned that “some people still carry bullets in their bodies fired by government forces, and they refuse to risk their lives by either visiting hospitals so that they would be arrested and subjected to torture.”

“On the day of the arrest of Sheikh Nimr Baqir Nimr, about ten thousand demonstrators flooded from the town of al-Awamiya towards the city of Qatif,” the center highlighted and noted that “the police shots led to two martyrs Mohamed al-Fel and Akbar al-Shakhuri.”

” 27 people were injured, including one child, and most of them were treated in home clinics while others were arrested after their visit to the medical centers. “

Saudi officials indict – cleric after year in jail

Saudi Arabian officials have issued an indictment against prominent – cleric Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amer, who has been held in jail for one year without trial.

On Sunday, the authorities issued a list of charges against Sheihk Amer, accusing him of making false statements against the Saudi king, calling for political reform and encouraging people to demand a transformation of the ruling system.

The authorities also accused the cleric of insulting Saudi religious scholars…

Moreover, Sheikh Amer has been also charged with collecting donations, and raising the calls for prayers (Azan) in the Shia way from the mosques at which he used to be the imam.

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