Ali al-Nimr, a young Shiite, was condemned to be beheaded for participating in an equal rights demonstration for Shiites and Sunnis, in 2011, when he was still a minor. The sad irony is, this scandal breaks just as Saudi Arabia is about to assume the presidency of the UN's Commission on Human Rights.
Ali al-Nimr was condemned for sedition, for disobeying the sovereign and for carrying a weapon. His father admits his son, when a 17-year-old student, did participate in Shiite gatherings to (...)
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