Hundreds of Saudi anti-government protesters have poured into the streets in the eastern city of al-Qatif, demanding the release of thousands political prisoners.
The demonstrators also shouted slogans against the ruling regime.
A similar anti-government protest rally was held in the city of al-Awamiyah on Thursday night in which demonstrators condemned the detention of cleric Tawfiq al-Ammer and called for his
The Saudi regime has recalled its ambassador from Syria under the pretext of protesting 'intolerable violence' in the country, amid its own brutal military meddling in neighboring Bahrain.
On 18 July 2011 , the Saudi government re-opened three Shi'a mosques which have been closed before three years and permitted to hold prayers in them .
After efforts by Shi'a delegation met on Monday with the governor of Al-Ahsa Badr bin Muhammad bin Jalawi the governor of the Ahsa region .
The three mosques in Al Khobar city are: al-Khobar mosque with the Imamate Sayyid Hashim Ali al-Nasir al-Salman, al-Azizyah mosque
On 18 July 2011 , the Saudi Authorities released 18 Shiite prisoners who were detained against the backdrop of protests in the Qatif about four months ago.
Among the detainees , the writer Hussein Abdullah Yousif who was arrested on charges of involvement in the protests.
Hussein Yousif was transferred to the central hospital of Qatif by his family directly after release because of health problems including cartilaginous slide .
Suspected Wahabi Viktor Dvorakovsky, who was wanted federally, was detained in the village of Inozemtsevo in Stavropol Territory after he offered armed resistance early on Thursday, a source in territorial law enforcement services informed Interfax.