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The young Saudi

Ali Mohamed al Nimr

, arrested for participating in a demonstration during the Arab Spring in 2012 and sentenced to death when he was only 17 years old, was released on Wednesday, eight months after the Saudi Arabian authorities commuted his sentence. , reported a human rights organization.

"Ali Al Nimr, who was detained since 2012 for participating in demonstrations while under 18 years of age and had been sentenced to death, has been released today," the

Saudi Arabian

human rights

group

ALQST reported on its Twitter account.

The young man was arrested during a protest against the Wahhabi government in the Shiite province of Qatif and accused, among other charges, of participating in an

illegal demonstration and insulting the king

, according to human rights organizations.

In May 2014, Al Nimr was

sentenced to death by crucifixion

and, according to complaints from some NGOs, he was the victim of torture in prison.

Last February, the Saudi court in charge of terrorist crimes commuted his death sentence to another

10 years in prison

.

In April 2020, Saudi Arabia ended, through a royal decree,

the application of the death penalty to minors

, who can now only be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years of deprivation of liberty in a detention center. youth.

The ALQST did not specify whether Al Nimr, who spent nine years on death row, has obtained early release or is on parole.

After years at the head of the countries that apply the most death sentences, the ultraconservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after carrying out legal reforms,

reduced the number of executions by 85% in 2020

compared to the previous year, when 184 inmates were executed, according to official data.

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