Rights activists fear for life of imprisoned teen in Saudi Arabia

A Saudi human rights organization has contacted RT over a case of a teenager, who was arrested in Saudi Arabia at the age of 13 because of his alleged participation in anti-government protests and held for several years in prison without charges.

Murtaja Algariras was jailed on September 20, 2014, and is held in prison since that time, Malik Alsaeed, a human rights activist from the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) told RT in an interview.

The teenager was detained in connection to his alleged participation in the anti-government demonstrations that occurred in 2011.

Read more: rt.com

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