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Saudi activist on hunger strike in jail: rights group
Source: Reuters
A Saudi activist has begun a hunger strike after being kept in jail past his release date for an eight-year sentence, a human rights group said on Thursday.
Khaled al-Omair had been due to be freed on Oct. 5, after completing a prison term for crimes related to a planned protest against Israeli bombing of Gaza, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
He began his hunger strike at al-Hair prison in Riyadh the following day, the statement added, citing Saudi activists.
Another rights group, Amnesty International, reported that he had been tortured and placed in solitary confinement for extended periods while in detention.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-justice-idUSKBN12Y232
Russia closed down the Amnesty International office there when AI started to investigate similar abuses of a Russian political dissident.
Does Saudi Arabia even HAVE an Amnesty International office to close?
Honestly, I don't see much difference in the behavior in this regard of our staunch ally Saudi Arabia and human-rights abusing Russia.
Where's the outrage?