members of al-Mabaheth al-`Amma (Saudi General Directorate of Investigations) , the secret police and local police in the eastern town of Awawamiyah in Al-Qatif raided the house of the youth Yaser Ali al-Faraj . They had no warrant to search or arrest. They forced themselves into the house, searched it , arrested him , and took him to unknown location .The arresting authorities did not provide a basis for the arrests.
This arrest illustrates the wide array of human rights violations to which Shia adherents may be subject in Saudi Arabia .
The Saudi Entity violates its laws which is the Article 37 of the Basic Law of Government stipulates that " The home is sacrosanct and shall not be entered without the permission of the owner or be searched except in cases specified by statutes".
The Saudi Entity continued to discriminate and commit abuses against members of the Shia Muslim minority in the Eastern Province of the Arabian Peninsula .
It prohibits public Non-Sunni religious activities. Muslims who do not adhere to the officially sanctioned Wahhabi tradition can face severe repercussions and risked arrest for engaging in overt religious activities.
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