Saudi announces execution of 47 'terrorists'

January 2, 2016

Saudi Arabia has executed 47 “terrorists”, according to the interior ministry, including Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr and al-Qaeda-affiliated Faris Bin Shweil . In a press release read on state TV on Saturday, the ministry listed the names of all those it said were already convicted on charges of terrorism. The death sentence of Nimr al-Nimr, who…