© UnknownJobn Kerry feeling at home with his fellow pathocrat, King Abdullah from a meeting in January 2014
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Shia Muslim to 15 years behind bars and 70 lashes for protesting against the government.
According to Saudi newspapers, a court in the capital Riyadh convicted the man on Friday for demanding Saudi troops to leave Bahrain.
The man, whose name and age were not announced, was also banned from exiting Saudi Arabia for ten years after his release. He has the right to appeal the verdict.
On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded Bahrain to assist the Bahraini regime in its crackdown on peaceful protesters.
Activists say there are over 30,000 political prisoners in Saudi Arabia.
In October 2013, rights group Amnesty International censured Saudi authorities for not addressing the "dire human rights situation" in the kingdom.
The group also handed in a paper to the United Nations, which included information regarding a "new wave of repression against civil society, which has taken place over the last two years."
Comment: Saudi Arabia is the darling of the West and key supporter, financier and instigator of the regime change in Syria. And all of course to promote democracy in Syria!. See anything wrong with that picture?
Don't hold your breath that Obama will mention this when he visits King Abdullah in March, as John Kerry didn't say diddly-squat, when he saw the king 4 weeks ago.