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Saudi authorities appear set in the next few days to carry out a series of beheadings across the country of more than 50 men convicted of terrorism offences. Among those facing execution are three young men who were juveniles when they were arrested.
The publication earlier this week of an article in the newspaper Okaz, which has close links to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior, has convinced families of the accused and concerned human-rights organisations that the executions are imminent.
Sources have said that the plan is to behead the men in several cities across the kingdom, most likely after Friday prayers.
"The Shia public will not be fooled and if the executions go ahead there will be a Shia revolt," Mr Faqih added.
Baqer al Nimr says that if his brother and the others are beheaded, he hopes there will be no violence. "We do not want to be held responsible for any blood," he said.
For now, though, his thoughts are with his kid brother. "I taught him how to ride a bike and now he is in solitary confinement and every time they open the door he must be thinking, 'Is now the time that they have come to kill me?'"
Saudi Arabia plans mass beheadings, will west protest? - Times of India
The publication earlier this week of an article in the newspaper Okaz, which has close links to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior, has convinced families of the accused and concerned human-rights organisations that the executions are imminent.
Sources have said that the plan is to behead the men in several cities across the kingdom, most likely after Friday prayers.
"The Shia public will not be fooled and if the executions go ahead there will be a Shia revolt," Mr Faqih added.
Baqer al Nimr says that if his brother and the others are beheaded, he hopes there will be no violence. "We do not want to be held responsible for any blood," he said.
For now, though, his thoughts are with his kid brother. "I taught him how to ride a bike and now he is in solitary confinement and every time they open the door he must be thinking, 'Is now the time that they have come to kill me?'"
Saudi Arabia plans mass beheadings, will west protest? - Times of India
