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Society for Development and Change
Focushuman rights for everyone including Shi'ites[1]

Area served

Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Key people

secretary-general: Ahmed Mohammad al-Rebh[1] (in exile in Beirut)[2] Ahmad al-Rayah, spokesperson[3]

The Society for Development and Change (Arabic: جمعية التنمية والتغيير) is a Saudi Arabian human rights non-governmental organisation that became active in 2011, campaigning for equal human rights for ShiainEastern Province, Saudi Arabia.[1][4] The organisation called for a constitution and an elected legislature for Eastern Province.[3]

Leadership

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As of October 2011, the secretary-general of the Society for Development and Change was Ahmed Mohammad al-Rebh[1][5] (oral-Ribh[4]). Prior to the creation of the organisation, al-Rebh, an activist from Qatif, had called for political reform and opposed discrimination[4] and had spent time in exile in Iran.[5] In April 2010, al-Rebh had been interrogated by the Qatif branch of Mabahith about his political writing, which included a call for King Abdullah to create a legislative assembly similar to those of Kuwait and Bahrain and criticism of anti-Shi'a discrimination in government policy.[6]

Actions

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The Society for Development and Change contacted international media to report on events in the Qatif region during the 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests. In October 2011, it reported protestors' demands to create a constitution and independent legislative assembly for Eastern Province.[3] Secretary-General Ahmed Mohammad al-Rebh stated that Saudi Arabians should "be part of the Arab Spring".[2] Al-Rebh was forced into exile in Beirut because of having been forbidden to take part in political activity in Saudi Arabia.[2]

In October 2011, spokesperson Ahmad al-Rayah flew to Beirut to report on the situation in Eastern Province. He stated that he wished for the Society for Development and Change to be legally registered.[3] Al-Rayah said that although protests for democracy and civil rights had taken place since February 2011, security forces did not fire live bullets against protestors until 3 October, when they "fired live rounds directly into a crowd" around a police station in al-Awamiyah.[3]

The Society for Development and Change ran the www.altaghyir.com website during 2011.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sawaneh, Mahamadou (2011-10-07). "Sectarian protests flare anew in Saudi Arabia". France 24. Archived from the original on 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  • ^ a b c "Des activistes du Golfe veulent leur printemps arabe" (in French). al-Qarra TV. 2011-12-06. Archived from the original on 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  • ^ a b c d e Cockburn, Patrick (2011-10-05). "Saudi police 'open fire on civilians' as protests gain momentum". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  • ^ a b c d Matthiesen, Toby (2012). "A 'Saudi Spring?': The Shi'a Protest Movement in the Eastern Province 2011–2012". The Middle East Journal. 66: 628–659. doi:10.3751/66.4.14. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  • ^ a b Seliktar, Ofira; Rezaei, Farhad (2020). Iran, Revolution, and Proxy Wars. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29418-2. ISBN 978-3030294175.
  • ^ "Saudi shia writer questioned for criticizing the sectarian governmental policies". Jafria News. 2011-04-28. Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2012-01-15.

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