2017–2020 Qatif unrest (may 12, 2017 – jan 7, 2020)

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The 2017–2020 Qatif unrest was a phase of conflict in the Qatif region of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, between Saudi security forces and the local Shia community, that arose sporadically starting in 1979, including a series of protests and repression during the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests.

This phase of the conflict began after an incident on 12th May 2017, when a child and a Pakistani man were shot and killed. The detention of Qatif human rights activist Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband and the possible beheading of al-Ghomgham as the 1st Saudi woman to be executed for her human rights activities gained international attention during 2018. On 31st January 2019, the Saudi authorities confirmed in a public statement that they would not seek the imposition of the death penalty against al-Ghomgham.

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