A group of protesters gathered outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC to denounce the execution by Riyadh of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
The demonstrators chanted slogans against Saudi Arabia, likening the Riyadh monarchy to the Daesh militant group.
“Down, down al-Saud,” the protesters shouted.
“We are calling on Saudi Arabia to end its barbaric form of capital punishment… we also want our own government to stop business with Saudi Arabia,” a protester told Press TV.
“Because we are perpetuating their ongoing violations of human rights whether it is imprisoning bloggers, or other political activists, or raining down a war of aggression on the people of Yemen,” she added. “It’s time to reevaluate the US-Saudi alliance.”
The Saudi government said Saturday it had executed Sheikh Nimr along with 46 others. The Saudi embassy in Tehran was stormed by protesters in retaliation, and since then Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Sudan, and the UAE have downgraded or recalled their diplomatic missions in Tehran.
