Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has moved to the top tier of the bloodiest regimes in world history

   
 
 

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Mujtaba al-Sweikat, an admitted Western Michigan University student detained at Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport in 2012, was beheaded by his own government.

  Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for protesting; Western Mich Univ. student among the executed

By Wendell Bryant
Tell Us USA News Network

WASHINGTON - Earlier today, the American Federation of Teachers learned that Mujtaba al-Sweikat, an admitted Western Michigan University student detained at Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport in 2012, was beheaded by his own government. His murder took place alongside 36 others in a mass execution of individuals charged with alleged “terrorism” offences. Mujtaba was tortured and made to “confess” to his crimes before being convicted.

It marked the largest number of executions in a single day in Saudi Arabia since Jan. 2, 2016, when the kingdom executed 47 people for terrorism-related crimes in what was the largest mass execution carried out by Saudi authorities since 1980.

The AFT, which represents faculty at WMU, had campaigned alongside Reprieve and others for Mujtaba’s release and is shocked and saddened by the news. AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement:

“Saudi Arabia’s sickening beheading of a young student, after he was tortured and held in solitary confinement for years, is a despicable violation of international law and basic humanity. Condemned at 17, Mujtaba al-Sweikat was planning to attend Western Michigan University when he was arrested after attending a peaceful protest rally. Today, we discover this brave young man has been executed, along with more than 30 others, in a ghastly display of state brutality.

“If it was not already clear, Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has moved to the top tier of the bloodiest regimes in world history. We demand the U.S. government immediately condemn, in every way and with every means, this disgusting and outrageous crime.”

The kingdom and its Sunni-led Arab allies have also been emboldened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s unwavering dedication to pressuring Iran’s Shiite clerical leadership, which includes his decision to pull out of a nuclear agreement with Iran and re-impose punishing sanctions to cripple its economy.


 

 

 

   
 
 

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