Incoming W.Mich.U. student faces imminent beheading in KSA for peaceful protests
He was 17 at the time if his sentencing. Trump, can't you intervene with your BFFs over there?
https://articles.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2017/07/beheading_of_saudi_who_planned.amp
"DETROIT, MI -- Human rights organizations believe a Saudi national who planned to attend Western Michigan University will be beheaded for participating in peaceful protests.
The American Federation of Teacherslearned Saturday that Mujtaba'a al-Sweikat was moved from detention in Dammam to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where
executions by beheading "customarily take place."
According to a July 16 statement from the AFT , al-Sweikat and 13 others were arrested for attending 2011-12 protests against the Saudi Arabian government. He was held in detention in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, since his arrest, and sentenced to death on June 1, 2016.
AFT Michigan President David Hecker called on President Donald Trump to use his relationship with Saudi leaders to stop the executions. The statement did not
indicate al-Sweikat's current status, but stated that his beheading is "imminent."
"President Trump displayed a close relationship with Saudi leaders during his recent trip to the kingdom," Heckler said in the statement . "I urge him to use that relationship to plead with the new Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to halt the executions."...(more)
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