Grandfather Karl Andree and dissident blogger Ali Mohammed al-Nimr are unlikely to face harsh punishments decreed by Saudi Arabia, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has hinted.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Hammond said he did not expect either of the prisoners to receive the extreme punishments handed down by Saudi courts.
Al-Nimr was sentenced to death by beheading for dissident activities when he was just 16 years old. Andree was caught with homemade wine while in Saudi Arabia.
“I do not expect Mr Andree to receive the lashings that he has been sentenced to, and I do not expect Mr al-Nimr to be executed,” Hammond replied, when asked about the two cases.
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INC News, 20/10/2015 - via RT
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