Saudi interior minister announces executions which include Shia cleric

Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry announces on Saturday that the country has executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Nimr was a prominent and vocal Shia leader in the eastern province of Qatif, willing to publicly criticise the ruling al-Saud family and calling for elections. Of those executed, 45 were Saudi citizens, one was from Chad and another was from Egypt