Richard
04-03-2011, 08:19
Five thousand and eighty people have been charged with terrorism-related crimes and 1,612 of them sentenced to several years in prison by a Saudi court.
And so it goes...
Richard :munchin
5,080 People Charged With Terrorism
ArabNews, 3 Apr 2011
<snip> Commenting on the reports released by the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (BIP), Al-Turki said another 2,215 cases of suspects have been sent to court for trial. Six hundred and sixteen cases are still under investigation, he added.
He made it clear that all suspects were given their rights and all government agencies safeguarded their interests within the framework of the rules and regulations of the Kingdom. To this end, he noted that 5,831 people have also been released in a staggered schedule in the past after they were found innocent. "A total of 184 people were released in the last three months alone," said Al-Turki.
He said the government had given compensation worth SR32 million to 486 detainees for spending more time in detention than their jail sentence. <snip>
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article340986.ece
And so it goes...
Richard :munchin
5,080 People Charged With Terrorism
ArabNews, 3 Apr 2011
<snip> Commenting on the reports released by the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (BIP), Al-Turki said another 2,215 cases of suspects have been sent to court for trial. Six hundred and sixteen cases are still under investigation, he added.
He made it clear that all suspects were given their rights and all government agencies safeguarded their interests within the framework of the rules and regulations of the Kingdom. To this end, he noted that 5,831 people have also been released in a staggered schedule in the past after they were found innocent. "A total of 184 people were released in the last three months alone," said Al-Turki.
He said the government had given compensation worth SR32 million to 486 detainees for spending more time in detention than their jail sentence. <snip>
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article340986.ece