Huge crowds attend mass funeral for young dissidents in Saudi Arabia's Qatif

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Publish Date: 6:29 - 26 January 2020
Tehran 26January_Thousands of Saudis have turned out for the funeral of a number of young political dissents killed at the hands of Saudi regime forces in the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues unabated in the country.

Huge crowds attend mass funeral for young dissidents in Saudi Arabia's QatifTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_On Friday, people converged on Qatif, located more than 420 kilometers (260 miles) east of the capital Riyadh, from various regions in Eastern Province to attend the burial.

“Far from us is injustice. Death to Al Saud,” the crowd chanted, as they marched behind the coffins, held shoulder-high by local men.

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