Riyadh: Saudi police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a 2011 protest movement organised by Shiite residents of the kingdom's restive Eastern Province, the interior ministry said today.
Muntadher Ali Saleh al-Sabity was detained on Thursday evening in an operation in the town of Awamiya, the official SPA news agency quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.
Sabity is one of 23 Saudis wanted in connection with protests and violence in Eastern Province, home to more than two million Shiites in the Sunni-majority kingdom.
Most live in the oil-rich east, and many complain of marginalisation.
Awamiya, just west of Dammam city on the Gulf coast, has witnessed clashes between security forces and protesters.
Muntadher Ali Saleh al-Sabity was detained on Thursday evening in an operation in the town of Awamiya, the official SPA news agency quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.
Sabity is one of 23 Saudis wanted in connection with protests and violence in Eastern Province, home to more than two million Shiites in the Sunni-majority kingdom.
Most live in the oil-rich east, and many complain of marginalisation.
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Awamiya, just west of Dammam city on the Gulf coast, has witnessed clashes between security forces and protesters.
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