Saudi Activists Ask Int'l Right Bodies to Pay Fact-Finding Visit to Jailed Cleric Sheik Nemer al-Nemer

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - His arrest on anti-state charges has sharply escalated tensions in Saudi Arabia's restive Eastern region.

Sunday's statement by the Al-Sharaq Human Rights Center expressed concern for Sheik Nemer al-Nemer, claiming he has not been allowed to see lawyers or relatives since his arrest earlier this month.

Earlier Sheikh Nemer's brother also called on the Saudi people to continue demonstrations against the Al-Saud regime.

He made the remarks in a mosque in the city of Awamiyah on Friday, a few days after Sheikh Nemer was attacked, injured, and arrested by Saudi security forces while driving from a farm to his house in the Qatif region of the Eastern Province on July 8.

According to the press tv, Sheikh Nemer's brother addressed the Saudi officials and said, "These are the bullets that you fired at innocent people. Where are the bullets that we fired at you?"

On Saturday, Saudi protesters held an anti-regime demonstration.

The demonstrators took to the streets in Buraydah, about 380 kilometers (236 miles) Northwest of the capital Riyadh.

Tension has been high in the Eastern Province since Nemer's detention with almost daily anti-regime demonstrations in the oil-rich region.

At least four people have been martyred and many others injured in the crackdown on demonstrations against the detention of the cleric. 

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