The family of a Saudi teenager set to be beheaded because he attended a protest when he was just 15 years old has pleaded for help. Abdullah al-Zaher, now 19, was arrested in March 2012 after attending protests and is said to have been beaten and then tortured into signing a confession without being allowed to read it or consult with his parents or a lawyer. He faced a range of charges from ‘harbouring’ protesters, participating in demonstrations and chanting slogans, to ‘concealing the offence of incitement’, setting fire to a car, and throwing petrol bombs.
Zaher was sentenced to beheading in Saudi Arabia's secretive Specialized Criminal Court in 2014 and his sentence was upheld this year, according to the human rights organisation, Reprieve. The prosecutor requested that Zaher be crucified after he is beheaded. Zaher is currently in solitary confinement awaiting execution, which it is feared could happen at any time.He is thought to be the youngest person at the time of arrest to be given a death sentence in Saudi Arabia. Zaher's father, Hassan al-Zaher told The Guardian, 'Please help me save my son from the imminent threat of death. He doesn’t deserve to die just because he participated in a protest rally.' He said Zaher had told him he had not thrown Molotov cocktails or 'anything similar' at the protest. Zaher's father told The Guardian his son is popular and peaceful and that he went to the protests not really knowing what they were about. 'He did not go there with the intention of fighting or opposing the government, in his eyes it was just a simple protest rally,' he added.
Reprieve, which is assisting the juveniles, has asked UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to intervene in Abdullah’s case and those of Ali al-Nimr and Dawoud al-Marhoon, who were also juveniles when they were arrested at protests.
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Posted: at 18-12-2015 10:04 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
royalsam450 at 18-12-2015 10:51 AM (9 years ago) (m)
God forbid
Posted: at 18-12-2015 10:51 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
realbamdex at 18-12-2015 11:05 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Islam and evil are twins. Religion of peace indeed..they don't value human lives.their objective is just to kill and to destroy..I abandoned this evil religion years ago.since then have being enjoying the true peace in the lord jesus christ..!
Posted: at 18-12-2015 11:05 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Well we are all human being they should for give the young man and let him know the laws of there country he committed this act when he was young so you should know that a child is always a child that committe blonders so forgive him for that reason ok
Posted: at 18-12-2015 11:09 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Islam is the devil, s incarnet.Donald Trump has the right talking of banning all these fools from tepping their filthy legs on the soils of the US once in office.U never can tell who is who amongst them.The world would have been a nice place without these guys
Posted: at 18-12-2015 11:35 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Dis their wicked culture. ..imagine that they shud behead nd crucify...evil will not depart from them...d only language they understand beter is kill kill kill...mtcheeeew stupid religion
Posted: at 18-12-2015 02:01 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
zezprincess at 19-12-2015 10:32 AM (9 years ago) (f)
Nooooooooo!!!,Pls let it not happen,But why? Moslem&islamic law&culture,chaaiii,too bad,God pls intervene in this matter,they are only minors.Behead&crucify,hmmmmm,So that the boy no go come back to life again,what a wicked world.
Posted: at 19-12-2015 10:32 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
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