Ali al-Nimr: Saudi child protester who faced death penalty released
Saudi authorities have freed a man who was sentenced to death for protest-related crimes as a child in a case that provoked an international outcry./ Ali al-Nimr was 17 when he was detained in 2012 during anti-government protests by the kingdom's Shia Muslim minority./ In 2014, a court condemned him to death by "crucifixion" - beheading followed by the public display of his body./ The sentence was commuted in February after the king ended the death penalty for some crimes committed by children./ Saudi Arabia is among the world's major ...
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