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Titolo: Amnesty sul regime Saudita

Questioning the integrity of the King would carry a minimum prison sentence 
of 10 years, according to Amnesty
 
Dittatura allo stato puro. Dis stampo medioevale.
 
 
 
Ma i nostri coglionazzi tifano le rivoluzioni fatte da sta gente.
 
 
 
Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia of reacting to the Arab 
Spring by launching a wave of repression.
 
In a report, the human rights group said hundreds of people had been 
arrested, many of them without charge or trial.
 
Prominent reformists had been given long sentences following trials Amnesty 
called "grossly unfair".
 
So far unrest has largely been confined to the Shia minority in the east of 
the country.
 
In its 73-page report published on Thursday, Amnesty accuses the Saudi 
authorities of arresting hundreds of people for demanding political and 
social reforms or for calling for the release of relatives detained without 
charge or trial.
 
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  The abusive practices being employed by the Saudi Arabian government are 
worryingly similar to those which they have long used against people accused 
of terrorist offences."
Philip Luther
Amnesty InterantionalThe report says that since February, when sporadic 
demonstrations began - in defiance of a permanent national ban on protests - 
the Saudi government has carried out a crackdown that has included the 
arrest of mainly Shia Muslims in the restive Eastern Province.
 
Since March, more than 300 people who took part in peaceful protests in 
Qatif, Ahsa and Awwamiya in the east have been detained, Amnesty says. Most 
have been released, often after promising not to protest again. Many face 
travel bans.
 
Anti-terror law
Last week 16 men, including nine prominent reformists, were given sentences 
ranging from five to 30 years in prison. Amnesty said they were blindfolded 
and handcuffed during their trial, while their lawyer was not allowed to 
enter the court for the first three sessions.
 
"Peaceful protesters and supporters of political reform in the country have 
been targeted for arrest in an attempt to stamp out the kinds of call for 
reform that have echoed across the region," said Amnesty's Middle East and 
North Africa director, Philip Luther.
 
"While the arguments used to justify this wide-ranging crackdown may be 
different, the abusive practices being employed by the Saudi Arabian 
government are worryingly similar to those which they have long used against 
people accused of terrorist offences," he said.
 
Amnesty says that the government continues to detain thousands of people on 
terrorism-related grounds. Torture and other ill-treatment in detention are 
widespread, it says - an allegation Saudi Arabia has always denied.
 
The BBC's Security correspondent Frank Gardner says Saudi Arabia has so far 
resisted the wave of change that has swept over much of the Arab world.
 
Our correspondent says the kingdom's ageing monarch, King Abdullah, has 
reacted by releasing billions of dollars into the security and religious 
establishments, two of the pillars that support his ruling Al-Saud family.
 
Amnesty says the government has drafted an anti-terror law that would 
effectively criminalise dissent as a "terrorist crime" and allow extended 
detention without charge or trial.
 
Questioning the integrity of the King would carry a minimum prison sentence 
of 10 years, according to Amnesty.
 
 

 Ma i nostri coglionazzi tifano le rivoluzioni fatte da sta gente.
 
 Sono anche coglionazzi, ma il termine tecnico è "sinistrati"

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Detto da te e' una sorpresa, ma e' cosi', abbiamo tanti berlusconini 
"sinistrati", lo sapesse Silvio....