Saudi man executed for protesting

Saudi authorities announced on Monday that they had executed a man who human rights groups and UN experts say was a protester who joined rare anti-government demonstrations as a minor in 2011.

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"The death sentence was carried out against Abdullah al-Derazi, a Saudi national, in the Eastern Province," the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Monday, adding that he had been convicted of "terrorism".

UN experts called for the release of al-Derazi in April, saying his detention was arbitrary and he was exercising his right to protest over the government's treatment of minority Shia Muslims.