Shiite Leader Arrested as Crackdown on Dissent Continues in Oil Giant With New Allegation That Saudi Dictatorship Arrests Prominent Democracy Activist Group

Prominent Shiite cleric arrested in Saudi

AFP – A prominent Shiite cleric and critic of the Saudi government, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, was arrested in the Sunni-ruled kingdom’s eastern province on Sunday, a Saudi official said. Interior ministry spokesman Mansur Turki, cited by the official SPA news agency, said “one of the instigators of sedition.