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Template:Infobox 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests

2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests
Part of Qatif conflict and the Arab Spring
Date	11 March 2011 – 24 December 2012 (1 year, 11 months and 3 days)
Location	Saudi Arabia 24°39′00″N 46°46′01″E / 24.65°N 46.767°E / 24.65; 46.767
Caused by	Prisoners held without trial[1] Inequality for women[2][3] Corruption[4][5] High unemployment[6][7] Discrimination against Shias[8][9] Saudi troops intervention in Bahrain[10][11][12] Inspiration from concurrent regional protests Arrest of Nimr al-Nimr[13]
Goals	Political and economic changes Women's suffrage[2] Women's right to drive[3] Release of political prisoners Deportation of Peninsula Shield Force from Bahrain Equality for Shias Constitution and independent legislative assembly in Eastern Province[14] Release of Nimr al-Nimr[15]
Methods	Demonstrations Self-immolation Online campaign
Status	Saudi government victory Occasional protests since 2013
Concessions	US$130,000,000,000 to benefit citizens[16] Municipal elections held on 29 September 2011[17][18] Women to participate in 2015 municipal elections and be nominated to Consultative Assembly[19] Partial shift from imprisonment without trial to imprisonment with trial[20] King Khalid University president fired on 1 July 2012[21]
Parties
Saudi Arabian opposition groups show all (9) Coalition for Freedom and Justice[22] Women to drive movement Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association Human Rights First Society Asharq Center for Human Rights Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula Society for Development and Change Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia Umma Islamic Party support by:  United States[23]  Iran[24] Saudi Arabian government Mabahith
Lead figures
Human Rights Defenders show all (3) Manal al-Sharif[3] (Co-founder of Women to drive movement) Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani (Leader and co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association) Wajeha al-Huwaider (Co-founder of The Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia) Independent Opposition leaders Faisal Ahmed Abdul-Ahad[25][26][27] (Facebook Activist) Nimr al-Nimr [28] (Sheikh) Hatoon al-Fassi (Female suffrage activist) Morsi al-Rebh (Shia Activist) King Abdullah King of Saudi Arabia Prince Salman Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Prince Nayef Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (until June 2012) Prince Muhammad Interior Minister
Number
Protesters: Thousands[29] Online campaign: 26,000[30]
Casualties and losses
Deaths: 36 Injuries: 100+[31] Arrests: Riyadh: 50;[32][33][34] East Province: 952[35][16] Deaths: 13 identified Injuries: Unknown
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