Timeline of the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests (from July 2012)
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The following is a timeline of the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests since July 2012. The 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests are a series of ongoing protests taking place in Saudi Arabia, which began in January 2011, influenced by concurrent protests in the region.
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In July 2012, Amnesty International protested in the United Nations Human Rights Council against legal persecution of Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) leaders.[36] Protests calling for prisoners to be freed and protesting against the Saudi government occurred in Buraidah on 23 July and in front of the Ministry of Interior in Riyadh on 25 July, in Riyadh and Mecca on 28 July, in Ta'if, in Buraidah, near al-Ha'ir Prison[37][38][39] and in Dammam[40] in August.
In July and August 2012, protests in the Qatif region intensified after Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was wounded in the leg and arrested by police on 8 July.[41] Three men were killed in a protest on the evening of the arrest.[42][43] Funerals and protests took place on 10 July,[44] 11 July and 13 July,[citation needed] including chants calling for the downfall of the House of Saud.[45][46] Another protester was shot dead in the 13 July al-Awamiyah protest.[citation needed] While detained, al-Nimr was tortured, had bruises on his face and broken teeth, and started a hunger strike.[47] Protest organisers in al-Awamiyah stated their support for al-Nimr and insisted on the use of nonviolent resistance.[48] Protester Mohamed al-Shakhouri was shot in the back and neck and arrested in a 26–27 July protest calling for al-Nimr's release.[49] Further protests called for all Shia and Sunni detainees to be freed,[50] including al-Shakhouri.[citation needed] A protester and a soldier were fatally shot in Qatif during a 3–4 August evening human rights protest,[51] leading to several more protests.[52]