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Plea to free Saudi prisoners

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Plea to free prisoners
Saudi Arabia – October 31, 2011

RIYADH. Scores of Saudi Arabians have signed a petition, to be sent to newly appointed crown prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz, to release political prisoners and lift travel bans on intellectuals.

The petition, so far signed by more than 140 people, called for the release of ”prisoners of conscience or those who were jailed without a legal justification, and lifting the unlawful travel ban”. It was posted by the Monitor of Human Rights on social networking websites.

Prince Nayef was appointed as crown prince on Thursday, six days after the death of his predecessor and brother Sultan bin Abdel Aziz in New York.
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Prince Nayef, 78, has been the kingdom’s interior minister since 1975 and became a second deputy prime minister in 2007.

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