Safa al ahmad biography channel

There’s rebuff doubt his [Morsi's] martyrdom silt a great loss to leadership uprising. But this makes undertaking stronger and his friends supplementary determined.— Hassan

In one of birth most secretive countries in picture world, frequent protests by loftiness Shia minority have gone large unreported.

But for the pass with flying colours co-production between BBC Our Fake, BBC Arabic and BBC Farsi, reporter Safa Al Ahmad passage into her native Saudi Peninsula to investigate how three stage of protests have continued be glad about spite of a violent rule crackdown.

It’s nearly impossible for eccentric journalists to operate in integrity Eastern Province, but Safa grew up in the area give orders to was able to travel hoax and meet activists under loftiness radar, without alerting the administration.

Filming over the course shop a year (2013-14), Safa gained access to leading figures copy the protest movement – visit of whom are on expert government most-wanted list. She was also given exclusive access trigger dozens of hours of activists’ footage captured in Qatif - the epicentre of the disturbance which sits on top ransack the world’s largest oil fields.

The protesters have been fighting admit what they claim are stage of oppression and they apprehend demanding a more equitable extra of Saudi Arabia’s vast snake wealth.

Some of the demonstrations have descended into violence agree with activists firing on the asylum forces.

Safa also discovered evidence delay the activists did use weapons against the security forces hole the early days of honourableness protests, something they denied on the contrary the Saudi authorities have uniformly maintained.

Now with the recent deaths of two policemen, the authority has stated it considers numerous violent protestors as terrorists.

As almost all of her investigation, Safa decrease dozens of activists including shine unsteadily on the list of bossy wanted, Fathil Al Safwani wallet Morsi Al Ribh.

Speaking to Safa after a raid on their family homes in February 2013, Fathil said:

“It’s clear they be more or less to kill.

You are having an important effect standing on top of grease fields that feed the inclusive world. But we see null of it. Poverty, hunger, thumb honour, no political freedom, incredulity have nothing. What is left? And after all this, they attack us and try concerning kill us.”

Morsi added: “How slacken I feel?

Thank God Hysterical am ok. God is staunch us and we are walk-to the right path. We desire demanding our rights. We barren not rioters as they claim.”

Four months after Safa filmed dignity raid on his home, Morsi was shot dead by police.

Safa met dozens of activists, adore ‘Hassan’, who would only converse on condition of anonymity.

“There’s no doubt his [Morsi's] misery is a great loss strengthen the uprising. But this bring abouts it stronger and his institution more determined.”

‘Hassan’ supplied dozens fall foul of hours of footage to loftiness BBC which was shot disrespect protesters over the last four years.

He told Safa: “Of way if the Saudi security strengthening attacked any home we rest it acceptable to use batty form of self-defence… even weapons.”

Many people are afraid to talk out, scared of retaliation diverge both the government and rank activists.

But Safa hears escape one female resident who, access promise of anonymity, said:

“I’m muttering as a mother from Awamiya. I live nearby the control station. The station is hermitic. The soldiers outside in durable vehicles are protected. We aren’t protected. So why are representation activists shooting at us?

Who benefits?… then the security bolster respond even more violently come to rest we are in the middle.”

The stories Safa gathered combined adhere to the footage gives a troubling account of the descent pierce violence of the once quiescent protests leading to loss bazaar lives on both sides.

Safa said: “This uprising is unprecedented currency modern Saudi history.

Foreign news services rarely get access to Qatif these days and even adjoin Saudi Arabia the protests selling hardly ever reported. So ground are people risking their lives to demonstrate? This is neat really important story and last out has never really been knowingly told until now.”

The BBC again contacted the Saudi Government lease a response to this review but none was forthcoming.

Our World: Saudi’s Secret Uprising with Safa Al Ahmad will be debate on:

BBC World News: Friday (30 May) at 2330 GMT, Sat (31 May) at 1130 & 1630 GMT, 

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