Detail Detainees in Saudi Arabia: An awful lot   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 392 no. 8641 (Jul. 2009), page 39. Topik: Saudi Arabia; Terrorism; Jihad Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.56 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel SINCE the attacks on New York’s twin towers in 2001, “the Saudi authorities have imposed a range of counter-terrorism measures that have worsened what was already a dire human-rights situation.” So says Amnesty International, a London-based human-rights lobby. Its latest report follows an official Saudi announcement earlier this month that 330 people had been convicted on charges of terrorism, with sentences ranging from fines to (in one case) death by beheading, with just seven defendants acquitted; of those convicted, 42 would never be freed without “repenting” before a judge. Some 660 people are still in the dock, undergoing a trial that began in March. Another 2,000-plus are reckoned to be behind bars; when or whether they will be tried is not yet clear. Between 2003 and 2007, some 9,000 people have been held on suspicion of terrorism at one time or another in Saudi Arabia; around 6,000 are thought to have been freed without trial. A large minority of those detained are from Egypt, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Quite a number of them, says Amnesty, are civil-rights campaigners who have plainly had nothing to do with terrorism or jihad. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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