Martyr Muhammad Alawi Al-Shakhouri

A leader of the Arabian Peninsula Opposition bloc, Hamza Al-Shakhouri, brother of martyr Muhammad Alawi Al-Shakhouri who was executed Saturday by the Saudi regime, said that the Saudi forces are preventing funerals and other mourning practices for the martyrs.

In a phone call, Al-Shakhouri told Al Mayadeen that "the Saudi authorities do not reveal the truth, and what they announce cannot be trusted."

"The Saudi authorities charged my brother, the martyr, with keeping a picture of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah," he continued, emphasizing that "the Saudi death sentences are not based on clear charges, but rather on arbitrary ones."

القيادي في لقاء المعارضة في الجزيرة العربية حمزة الشاخوري لـ #الميادين: السلطات #السعودية وجهت لشقيقي الشهيد تهمة الاحتفاظ بصورة للأمين العام لـ #حزب_الله. #القطيف #الاحساء @ramiaalibrahim pic.twitter.com/9laYYm45C8
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) March 13, 2022

The Saudi authorities executed on Saturday 81 citizens and residents, claiming that they were "involved in terrorist cases inside the Kingdom."

The charges represent an alarming increase in Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty.

The families had not been informed of the executions in advance and were shocked to learn about them.

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