Shia citizen sentenced to death in Saudi following Qatif unrest
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A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced to death a Shia Muslim convicted of sedition, rioting, protesting and robbery in the district of Qatif, home to many of the Sunni kingdom’s minority sect who say they face entrenched discrimination. The sentence, issued on Tuesday and reported by state media early on Wednesday, is the second time in a week the death penalty has been imposed on a Shia involved in unrest in Qatif, located in the oil-producing Eastern Province. read more