01:59USA: New Yorkers rally over execution of Shiite cleric
Hundreds gathered outside the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle, New York City on Sunday, to protest the recent execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.
Protesters denounced Saudi ruler Al-Saud and accused the government of terrorism and murder, carrying signs al-Nimr to the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Men and women protested vocally, but stood in separate groups.
Speakers included a 13 year-old boy, who read a passage he had written about Saudi oppression. Sheikh Nimr was one of 47 people executed on Saturday by the Saudi government after being charged with "terrorism" offenses. He was a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia, and was one of seven people accused of orchestrating anti-government protests that erupted in Saudi Arabia's eastern province in 2011. The 47 executed people included a Chadian national and an Egyptian with the remainder being Saudis. Saudi Arabia executed over 150 people in total in 2015.
01:59Hundreds gathered outside the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle, New York City on Sunday, to protest the recent execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.
Protesters denounced Saudi ruler Al-Saud and accused the government of terrorism and murder, carrying signs al-Nimr to the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Men and women protested vocally, but stood in separate groups.
Speakers included a 13 year-old boy, who read a passage he had written about Saudi oppression. Sheikh Nimr was one of 47 people executed on Saturday by the Saudi government after being charged with "terrorism" offenses. He was a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia, and was one of seven people accused of orchestrating anti-government protests that erupted in Saudi Arabia's eastern province in 2011. The 47 executed people included a Chadian national and an Egyptian with the remainder being Saudis. Saudi Arabia executed over 150 people in total in 2015.