updated Sat. September 28, 2024
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The Independent
November 4, 2017
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in 2012 aged either 16 or 17 for participating in protests during the Arab spring. His sentence includes beheading and crucifixion. The international community has spoken out against the punishment and has called on Saudi Arabia to stop. He is the nephew of aÃâà...
The Independent
October 25, 2017
Saudi Arabia's crown prince almost didn't say one of the most revolutionary things ever uttered by a member of the House of Saud. “For many reasons, today is not the right day to discuss [extremism],” Mohammed bin Salman told a panel at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh on Tuesday. “We wereÃâà...
Middle East Eye
August 14, 2017
The pictures show a town ravaged by conflict, rubble-filled streets alongside empty husks of buildings framed against a smoke-streaked sky. This is the Saudi town of Awamiya, a Shia-majority city in the Eastern Province of the kingdom. Since 10 May, Awamiya has been engulfed in violence as governmentÃâà...
International Business Times UK
July 28, 2016
Now activists have noted that the Twitter account has begun to turn its attention to Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, Sheikh Nimr's nephew, who faces beheading and crucifixion after his conviction last year on a swathe of charges related to organising anti-government protests. The European Saudi Organisation forÃâà...
International Business Times UK
July 28, 2016
Now activists have noted that the Twitter account has begun to turn its attention to Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, Sheikh Nimr's nephew, who faces beheading and crucifixion after his conviction last year on a swathe of charges related to organising anti-government protests. The European Saudi Organisation forÃâà...
The Independent
February 8, 2016
A young protester who was reportedly forced to admit to crimes after being tortured when he was a teenager could be beheaded in the coming days. Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2012, along with two others who were also minors at the time, following anti-government protests inÃâà...
The Independent
February 8, 2016
A young protester who was reportedly forced to admit to crimes after being tortured when he was a teenager could be beheaded in the coming days. Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2012, along with two others who were also minors at the time, following anti-government protests inÃâà...
The Independent
October 27, 2015
The father of a young man sentenced to be crucified by the government of Saudi Arabia has been arrested. Mohamed al-Nimr, whose 20-year-old son Ali al-Nimr has been sentenced to be beheaded and crucified by Saudi authorities and whose relation Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr also faces the death penalty,Ãâà...
The Independent
October 20, 2015
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr will not be executed for crimes he committed as a child in Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Secretary has indicated. Speaking to the Commons on Tuesday, Philip Hammond suggested the development in the internationally-renowned case was a victory for British diplomacy. He was askedÃâà...
The Independent
October 20, 2015
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr will not be executed for crimes he committed as a child in Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Secretary has indicated. Speaking to the Commons on Tuesday, Philip Hammond suggested the development in the internationally-renowned case was a victory for British diplomacy. He was askedÃâà...
The Independent
September 27, 2015
The Anonymous hacktivist network has vowed to take on the Saudi Arabian government in retaliation for the planned execution of alleged juvenile offender Ali Mohammed al-Nimr. The young man's case has been the subject of an international outcry, with a group of UN human rights experts describing it asÃâà...
The Independent
September 27, 2015
The Anonymous hacktivist network has vowed to take on the Saudi Arabian government in retaliation for the planned execution of alleged juvenile offender Ali Mohammed al-Nimr. The young man's case has been the subject of an international outcry, with a group of UN human rights experts describing it asÃâà...
The Independent
September 24, 2015
The UN has issued an urgent call for Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a young man who faces imminent beheading and crucifixion for crimes he reportedly committed as a child. A Saudi court has upheld the sentence of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, the son of a prominent government dissident, despiteÃâà...
NBCNews.com
September 24, 2015
A young man facing beheading and crucifixion in Saudi Arabia was tortured and sentenced for political reasons, according to rights groups and a source close to his family calling for a halt to his execution. Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in 2012 when he was 17 years old for participating in a protest.
NEWS.com.au
September 17, 2015
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr is not the only family member under the careful watch of the Saudi government. Ali's uncle Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was arrested in July, 2012. A self-described campaigner for human rights for minorities, the 53-year-old has a strong following online where a website and Facebook pageÃâà...