Opposition bloc, Iraqi PMU strongly condemn mass executions by Saudi government
Execution of over 80 prisoners in a single day in Saudi Arabia has drawn a strong wave of condemnation from various Islamic and Saudi opposition groups, which say most of those executed had been jailed only for exercising their right to free expression of opinion.
According to Press TV, in a statement on Saturday, the Arabian Peninsula Opposition bloc, which is an umbrella for Saudi dissidents, strongly blasted the kingdom’s executing as many as 81 prisoners in a single day over so-called “terror-related offenses,” in the largest mass execution carried out by the highly-conservative Arab kingdom in recent memory.
The latest executions by Saudi authorities in one day exceeded the total number of executions conducted in the Arab kingdom throughout 2021.
The bloc noted that 41 of the executed prisoners, belonged to the peaceful al-Hirak al-Janoubi movement and hailed from the Shia-populated al-Ahsa and Qatif regions in the kingdom’s Eastern Province.
The bloc of Saudi dissidents called the kingdom’s de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman “nothing more than a murderer, who enjoys shedding the blood of the innocent,” saying the mass execution was carried out against young people, who had exercised their right to express their opinion and had been imprisoned as a result.
The bloc added that the ruling Al Saud regime has once more proved to the world that it is a “murderous and savage” regime, adding that the mass execution proved that all of bin Salman’s claims of seeking to introduce reforms are nothing more than “empty propaganda.”
In a related development, Abu Ala al-Walai, the Secretary of Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, which is a subdivision of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha’abi anti-terror force, said the Saudi regime went ahead with the execution after finding the world busy with the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
"Through these executions, the Saudi regime has proven its sectarian nature, the Iraqi PMU official said.
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