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Human Rights Group Fear For Life Of Jailed Teenager In Saudi Arabia

The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) warns that a 15-year-old teenager imprisoned without charge in Saudi Arabia for 2 years may be executed at any time. Murtaja Abdullah Algariras was arrested at the age of 13 for attending anti-government protests in Saudi Arabia. He has been held without charge as a political prisoner and has suffered torture at the notorious Dammam jail.  RT reports: A Saudi human rights organization has contacted RT over a case of a teenager, who was arrested in Saudi Arabia at the age of 13 because of his alleged participation in anti-government protests and held for several years in prison without charges. Murtaja Algariras was jailed on September 20, 2014, and is held in prison since that time, Malik Alsaeed, a human rights activist from the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) told RT in an interview. The teenager was detained in connection to his alleged participation in the anti-government demonstrations that occurred in 2011. At that time, mass protests against discrimination of the Shias swept across the Saudi cities of Qatif, Hofuf, al-Awamiyah, and Riyadh. Saudi police violently dispersed the protesters killing many people. Hundreds were later detained on charges related to the [...]