KABUL: (MPE) A large number of angry protesters have staged a demonstration in Essen city of western Germany denouncing the latest crime of Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Activists, mostly from Germany’s Muslim community, took part in Saturday’s event to condemn the Al Saud regime’s killing of Sheikh Nimr, holding banners and posters with anti-Riyadh slogans, PressTV reported.
The protesters further criticized the German government for remaining silent about Saudi crimes.
The demonstrators also denounced human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, the regime’s military campaign against Yemen and the export of weapons to the kingdom.
A similar rally was held in the German city of Frankfurt on Friday with participants chanting slogans against the ruling Al Saud family.
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry announced on January 2 that it had executed Sheikh Nimr along with 46 others, causing international outrage and a serious escalation of tensions in the region.
Sheikh Nimr, an outspoken critic of the Riyadh regime, was arrested in 2012 in the Qatif region of Shia-dominated Eastern Province, which was the scene of peaceful anti-regime demonstrations at the time.
