Abdullah al-Zaher before his arrest

A teenager who was arrested at the age of 15 could be executed in Saudi Arabia in the next few days.

Abdullah al-Zaher, who is now 19, was arrested for attending a protest four years ago and now faces execution as part of a crackdown on dissent by the country.

He was recently moved to a new cell in solitary confinement and activists fear he could be executed by beheading very soon.

Before his transfer the teenager was help with Ali al-Nimr, a fellow juvenile offender who has also been sentenced to death after his arrest at the age of 17, despite the UN issuing an urgent call to halt his execution.




Abdullah al-Zaher’s father, Hassan al-Zaher, told the Guardian: ‘Please help me save my son from the imminent threat of death.

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‘He doesn’t deserve to die just because he participated in a protest rally.’

Campaign group Reprieve claim that Abdullah was beaten by police during his arrest in 2012, and that he was tortured into signing a false confession.

The fears for his future arose after after media outlets affiliated with the Saudi government ran stories suggesting an imminent mass execution of 52 prisoners.