A Saudi lawyer is appealing a sentence that exonerated the kingdom’s religious police from killing a man during his arrest.
A court in Riyadh last November acquitted two members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) of causing the death of a Saudi citizen during a raid on his home in May 2007.
The citizen, Suleiman A-Hurei’si, was suspected of distributing alcohol from his home, a practice prohibited in the strictly Muslim kingdom.
The lawyer, ‘Abd A-Rahman A-Lahim, said Al-Hurei’si died after being beaten by the religious police, also known as the Mutawwa’in.
The court originally cleared the two policemen for lack of sufficient evidence. Read more ...
A court in Riyadh last November acquitted two members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) of causing the death of a Saudi citizen during a raid on his home in May 2007.
The citizen, Suleiman A-Hurei’si, was suspected of distributing alcohol from his home, a practice prohibited in the strictly Muslim kingdom.
The lawyer, ‘Abd A-Rahman A-Lahim, said Al-Hurei’si died after being beaten by the religious police, also known as the Mutawwa’in.
The court originally cleared the two policemen for lack of sufficient evidence. Read more ...
Source: The Media Line News Agency
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