{"id":2686,"date":"2016-01-05T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.humanrightsagency.com\/?p=2686"},"modified":"2016-01-05T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T11:20:09","slug":"saudi-arabia-saudi-forces-open-indiscriminate-fire-at-buildings-cars-in-shia-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/2016\/01\/05\/saudi-arabia-saudi-forces-open-indiscriminate-fire-at-buildings-cars-in-shia-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia: Saudi forces open indiscriminate fire at buildings, cars in Shia town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi security forces have opened indiscriminate fire on vehicles and buildings in a Shia-populated town in the country&#8217;s east, where a contingent of armored vehicles arrived on Tuesday to curb any unrest.<\/p>\n<p>The kingdom is on the edge over fears of possible protests following its execution of prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr.<\/p>\n<p>The town as well as the Qatif district, both in the restive Shia-dominated Eastern Province, have been the site of peaceful demonstrations since February 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators have been voicing protest at Riyadh\u2019s suppressive policies against its Shia minority.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi security forces have opened indiscriminate fire on vehicles and buildings in a Shia-populated town in the country&#8217;s east, where a contingent of armored vehicles arrived on Tuesday to curb any unrest. The kingdom is on the edge over fears of possible protests following its execution of prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr. The town as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[155,293],"tags":[903,904,569,905,906,907],"class_list":["post-2686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news","category-middle-east","tag-buildings","tag-cars","tag-fire","tag-open-indiscriminate","tag-saudi-forces","tag-shia-town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}