Fifty injured in attack on Saudi student protest

Fifty injured in attack on Saudi student protest: report
7 March, 2012 – Al-Akhbar

Over 50 female Saudi students were injured when security guards and Saudi police attacked a peaceful protest in a university, a local newspaper has claimed.

The 1,000-strong all-women protest, which was calling for an end to corruption and ill-treatment at the King Khaled University (KKU) in Abha, was attacked on Wednesday by security services wielding batons, the Al Watan newspaper said.

The students had begun a protest on Tuesday to criticize the university management for allowing the campus to deteriorate and against ongoing corruption in the country.

Security forces stormed the campus on Wednesday and attacked the protesters with batons, fire extinguishers, and water hoses, activists said.

Activists criticized the attack on Twitter and other social networks, with proposing the hashtag #BlackDeath after the violence. Another said it was the first time she was proud of being an KKU student. …source