Over the past two weeks, Saudi Arabian security forces have arrested dozens of public figures, seemingly at the behest of Muhammad bin Salman, the Saudi Prince designated to succeed the current 81 year old king. The most prominent person arrested is Salman al-Ouda, a popular cleric with 14 million twitter followers. Later when al-Ouda’s brother, Khalid, spoke out against the arrest on twitter, he was also incarcerated. Other detainees include writers, human-rights activists and several officials from the justice ministry. It appeared that the arrests were in response to a planned protest for political freedom on September 15th. The protest … Continue reading Saudi prince cracks down on dissent while pushing reform