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Nimr Baqir al-Nimr | |
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نمر باقر النمر | |
Born | Al-Awamiyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia | 21 June 1959
Died | 2 January 2016 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | (aged 56)
Cause of death | Execution by beheading[1] |
Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
Criminal status | Executed |
Conviction(s) | Terrorism Treason Sedition |
Criminal charge | Firing at security forces Seeking 'foreign meddling Disobeying the ruler Inciting sectarian strife Encouraging, leading and participating in demonstrations |
Penalty | Death |
Title | Sheikh Ayatollah |
Personal | |
Religion | Shia Islam[citation needed] |
Denomination | Usuli Twelver Shia |
School | Ja'fari jurisprudence |
Education | Iran, Syria[citation needed] |
Senior posting | |
Predecessor | Post created |
Successor | Unknown |
Post | Friday Prayers leader, al-Awamiyah[2] |
Website | sknemer |
Ayatollah Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr[a] (21 June 1959 – 2 January 2016), commonly referred to as Sheikh Nimr, was a Shia sheikh from Al-Awamiyah in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province whose arrest and execution was widely condemned, including by governments and human rights organizations.[6]
He was popular among youth[7] and critical of the Saudi Arabian government, calling for free elections in Saudi Arabia.[8] He was arrested by Saudi authorities in 2006, at which time al-Nimr said he was beaten by the Mabahith, a Saudi secret police agency.[citation needed] In 2009, he criticised Saudi authorities and suggested that if Saudi Shia rights were not respected, the Eastern Province should secede.[2][6][9] Saudi authorities responded by arresting al-Nimr and 35 others.[2][5] During the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests, al-Nimr called for protestors to resist police bullets using "the roar of the word" rather than violence.[4][10] The Guardian described al-Nimr as having "taken the lead in [the] uprising."[7]
On July 8, 2012, Saudi police shot al-Nimr in the leg and arrested him in what police described as an "exchange of gunfire."[11][12] Saudi police fired into a crowd of thousands who protested al-Nimr's arrest, killing two men, Akbar al-Shakhouri and Mohamed al-Felfel.[12][13][14] Al-Nimr started a hunger strike and allegedly was tortured.[14][15] The Asharq Center for Human Rights expressed concern for al-Nimr's health during his hunger strike on August 21, calling for international support to allow access by family, lawyers and human rights activists.[16]
On October 15, 2014 al-Nimr was sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court for "seeking 'foreign meddling' in Saudi Arabia, 'disobeying' its rulers and taking up arms against the security forces."[17] His brother, Mohammad al-Nimr, was arrested on the same day for tweeting information about the death sentence.[17][18] Al-Nimr was executed on or shortly before January 2, 2016, along with 46 others.[19] His execution was condemned by Iran and Shiites throughout the Middle East, as well as by Western figures and Sunnis opposed to sectarianism. The Saudi government said the body would not be handed over to the family.[20] In March 2017, after a long campaign of harassment, the Saudi security forces killed two cousins of Nimr family during a raid on a farm in eastern Saudi Arabia. Miqdad and Mohammad Al-Nimr were killed at a farm in Awamiyah, the Nimr family hometown.[21]
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