Shia Muslims protest over killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
  • 8 years ago
Dozens of Shia Muslims march in the village of Al Awamiyah, Saudi Arabia, in protest over the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. In October 2015 Saudi Arabia’s supreme court rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed earlier on Nimr, who had called for pro-democracy demonstrations. Nimr was one of 47 people executed for terrorism by Saudi Arabia