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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Not in the Western Press: Jailed Saudi Activists and Their Defense Team Observe A Hunger Strike
"We are strong believers that the laws of the land forbid such flagrant human-right abuses, and if the Ministry of Interior has such convincing evidence and a strong legal case against the accused activists, then try these indicted men in a court of law with public proceedings. However, the Ministry has not dared to hold public trails, instead attorney Esam Basrawi and Dr. Abdulaziz Suliman Al-Khereiji (the two men who were arrested with the same aforementioned group of activists) were released from their solitary confinements for more than two years with no official indictments. This glaring evidence clearly indicates that arrested activists are innocent from any alleged charges and they neither violated any laws nor committed any wrong doings; in fact to the contrary, they insist in preserving the four principles that govern our society, namely: our faith, national unity, the royal family, and a peaceful civic society". (thanks Fowzan)