(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to Tawafoq Website, Saudi king Abdullah ordered the governor of the Eastern Province to release 27 Shia detainees who were arrested in demonstrations last Friday in Qatif.
According to sources, 15-member youth delegation from Qatif met the governor of Eastern Province for the release of nine prisoners accused of bombing in Al Khobar in 1996, in addition release of the two writers who detained in demonstrations, the writers are: Hussein Al Alaq, Hussein Youssef, Mr. Moaffaq Majid, Hussein Alibdouh, Mohammed Almiad, Saied Al Khunaizi, a Reed Al Khunaizi, Hani Alsidir.
Meanwhile another delegation went Riyadh this morning to meet King for the release of nine prisoners.
The sources said that a delegation of elders and notables of Qatif, led by Sheikh Abdullah and Mohammad Reza Khunaizi Nasrallah met with the King on the subject of prisoners.
The sources added that Sheikh Abdullah Khunaizi insisted that the King should fastly release the prisoners.
The sources emphasized that Khunaizi insisted that he will not go back to Qatif without prisoners.
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