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The family members of prominent detained Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr say he has been badly tortured in jail.

On Sunday, the family members were allowed to visit Sheikh Nemr, who has been on a hunger strike since July 19.

His sister said the detained cleric had turned weaker and that signs of torture were seen on his head.

The family visited him for the second time since his arrest earlier in July. They were allowed to visit him for the first time on July 15.

Sheikh Nemr was attacked, injured and arrested by the security forces of the Al Saud regime while driving from a farm to his house in the Qatif region of Eastern Province on July 8.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Zayd al-Isa, Middle East expert from London about the incident involving Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr and Saudi government forces. The following is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: The situation in Saudi Arabia seems to be deteriorating as we speak. Cleric Sheikh Nemr was captured and although he has been allowed to see his family twice, now they are claiming that they have tortured him.

How could the regime be that bold and not only detain this Sheikh, but torture him in light of more and more protests, people who are protesting, then arresting him and having other prisoners?

Al-Isa: Yes of course. What has happened to their Sheikh is a beastly nasty crime against an innocent person who has in a very civilized and peaceful way demanded political change and democratic reform. That’s what he asked for on behalf of his people who have been persecuted and been subjected to intolerable discrimination and unbearable abuse.

You’ve asked, how come the regime is so bold, but there is nothing new about the actions of the regime. It has always relied heavily on torture and abuse and also using a heavy handed approach against those who demand change and ask for their basic human rights.

The regime is obviously encouraged by the total and complete silence of the so-called civilized world led by America and by the US administration headed by Obama who has asked for the spread of basic human rights in all the regimes in the Middle East with the exception of Saudi Arabia to actually adhere those universal rights.

Press TV: What needs to be done? We know that the Saudi regime is an extremely repressive regime and more and more people have been taking to the streets and complaining and condemning the amount of the prisoners that have detained and they have no contact with.

So, what kind of pressure needs to be put on that type of regime when the West totally backs whatever Riyadh does and basically just ignores this type of oppression?

Al-Isa: I think more than anything the regime fears more protests, more uprisings on the ground. And I do believe that the arrest and the shameful crime, the unspeakable crime against the Sheikh has actually galvanized more support in the region and particularly in the Eastern Province to actually support the popular uprising.

It has added more impetus to the popular uprising which have actually broken out of the oil rich region, the Eastern Province now to engulf the whole of the kingdom.

We see protests spreading and sweeping through areas which have been considered as the heartland or the power base of the regime itself which seems people in Riyadh going out demanding that their relatives who have been arrested without charge for simply speaking out and demanding change and taking to the streets though the regime on top of having a fierce power struggle between these sons and grandsons of Al Saud and wants desperately to divert attention from that power struggle.

Press TV: Do you see this regime surviving this type of pressure now that more, more people are taking to the streets? How do you see it?

Al-Isa: Well I do firmly believe that as the momentum grows and as those popular uprisings spread to engulf other areas particularly those who have been considered the regime’s stronghold or power base, then I do believe that the regime which have depended so long on propagating that it is the champion or the defender of the Sunni base as more people discover that is utterly untrue and take to the streets against it, then that is the only defense mechanism that the regime has relied so long on and I do believe that this basically defense mechanism is crumbling and unraveling as more discover that the brutal dictatorship of Al Saud have actually stood against the world.

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The family members of prominent detained Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr say he has been badly tortured in jail.

On Sunday, the family members were allowed to visit Sheikh Nemr, who has been on a hunger strike since July 19.

His sister said the detained cleric had turned weaker and that signs of torture were seen on his head.

The family visited him for the second time since his arrest earlier in July. They were allowed to visit him for the first time on July 15.

Sheikh Nemr was attacked, injured and arrested by the security forces of the Al Saud regime while driving from a farm to his house in the Qatif region of Eastern Province on July 8.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Zayd al-Isa, Middle East expert from London about the incident involving Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr and Saudi government forces. The following is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: The situation in Saudi Arabia seems to be deteriorating as we speak. Cleric Sheikh Nemr was captured and although he has been allowed to see his family twice, now they are claiming that they have tortured him.

How could the regime be that bold and not only detain this Sheikh, but torture him in light of more and more protests, people who are protesting, then arresting him and having other prisoners?

Al-Isa: Yes of course. What has happened to their Sheikh is a beastly nasty crime against an innocent person who has in a very civilized and peaceful way demanded political change and democratic reform. That’s what he asked for on behalf of his people who have been persecuted and been subjected to intolerable discrimination and unbearable abuse.

You’ve asked, how come the regime is so bold, but there is nothing new about the actions of the regime. It has always relied heavily on torture and abuse and also using a heavy handed approach against those who demand change and ask for their basic human rights.

The regime is obviously encouraged by the total and complete silence of the so-called civilized world led by America and by the US administration headed by Obama who has asked for the spread of basic human rights in all the regimes in the Middle East with the exception of Saudi Arabia to actually adhere those universal rights.

Press TV: What needs to be done? We know that the Saudi regime is an extremely repressive regime and more and more people have been taking to the streets and complaining and condemning the amount of the prisoners that have detained and they have no contact with.

So, what kind of pressure needs to be put on that type of regime when the West totally backs whatever Riyadh does and basically just ignores this type of oppression?

Al-Isa: I think more than anything the regime fears more protests, more uprisings on the ground. And I do believe that the arrest and the shameful crime, the unspeakable crime against the Sheikh has actually galvanized more support in the region and particularly in the Eastern Province to actually support the popular uprising.

It has added more impetus to the popular uprising which have actually broken out of the oil rich region, the Eastern Province now to engulf the whole of the kingdom.

We see protests spreading and sweeping through areas which have been considered as the heartland or the power base of the regime itself which seems people in Riyadh going out demanding that their relatives who have been arrested without charge for simply speaking out and demanding change and taking to the streets though the regime on top of having a fierce power struggle between these sons and grandsons of Al Saud and wants desperately to divert attention from that power struggle.

Press TV: Do you see this regime surviving this type of pressure now that more, more people are taking to the streets? How do you see it?

Al-Isa: Well I do firmly believe that as the momentum grows and as those popular uprisings spread to engulf other areas particularly those who have been considered the regime’s stronghold or power base, then I do believe that the regime which have depended so long on propagating that it is the champion or the defender of the Sunni base as more people discover that is utterly untrue and take to the streets against it, then that is the only defense mechanism that the regime has relied so long on and I do believe that this basically defense mechanism is crumbling and unraveling as more discover that the brutal dictatorship of Al Saud have actually stood against the world.

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