KSA to Behead A Pilgrim, Amnesty Raps Human Rights Violation

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Foreign relations committee of Iraqi parliament condemned the arrest of one of its citizens and the ruling for him to be beheaded.

The committee said with such rulings Saudi Arabia showed their enmity towards Muslims. According to Iraqi media the committee added that the Saudi regime has no right to execute the Iraqi Hajji and asked the government of Iraq to save the arrested man.

Hajj Salaam Kazim from Kazemain was arrested whilst crying in Baqi and was told to stop by the Saudi security forces.
He objected to the Wahhabi forces inside the cemetery and cursed them and their teachings and was immediately arrested. He was taken to the court and sentenced to be beheaded after Hajj ceremonies.
The Baqi Cemetery is a cemetery in Medina, located to the southeast of the Masjid al-Nabawi [The Prophet's Mosque]. The mosque is built where the prophet Muhammad [PBUH]used to live, and is currently buried.

The cemetery is also known as Jannatul Baqi, meaning "The Garden of Baqi". However, none of its former greenery has been left, as the cemetery was made desolate by Wahabi demolitions. The cemetery holds much significance. It contains many of prophet Muhammad's relatives and companions.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International has censured Saudi Arabia for not addressing the "dire human rights situation" in the kingdom.
Amnesty published a report saying a paper was submitted to the United Nation detailing "an ongoing crackdown including arbitrary arrests and detention, unfair trials, torture, and other ill-treatment over the past four years," ahead of a meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva on Monday.

The submission includes a "new wave of repression against civil society, which has taken place over the last two years."
Philip Luther, the director of Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said the Saudi government's "previous promises to the UN have been proven to be nothing but hot air. It relies on its political and economic clout to deter the international community from criticizing its dire human rights record."

In parallel, Luther noted that Riyadh has not abided by the main recommendations mentioned in the 2009 review of the UN Human Rights Council - known as the Universal Periodic Review.
"Four years ago, Saudi Arabian diplomats came to Geneva and accepted a string of recommendations to improve human rights in the country. Since then, not only have the authorities failed to act, but they have ratcheted up the repression," Luther said.

Anti-government protests have intensified since November 2011, when security forces opened fire on protestors in Eastern Province's Qatif, killing five people and leaving scores more injured.
Activists say there are around 30,000 political prisoners in Saudi Arabia.
"For all the peaceful activists that have been arbitrary detained, tortured or imprisoned in Saudi Arabia... the international community has a duty to hold the authorities to account," Luther added.

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