Saudi Arabia holds activist, protester

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Saudi Arabia holds activist, protester
19 Jul 2007 22:49:42 GMT
Source: Reuters

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RIYADH, July 19 (Reuters) - Saudi authorities on Thursday
detained a pro-democracy activist and a woman who led a
protest this week over detentions of suspected militants,
saying they were being questioned over a weapons stash.

Abdullah al-Hamed, who has been jailed in the past after
calling for political reforms, was seized in the town of
Buraida, north of Riyadh, on Thursday morning, they said.

He was taken along with Rima al-Juraish and four other
women, who took part in a sit-in which Juraish organised
on Monday in Buraida, demanding the release of men in
detention for suspected links to militants, they added.

The four other women were later released.

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