This BBC News article reports on the latest development in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi interior minister announced on state TV that all protests and marches are banned and security forces would use all measures to prevent any attempt to disrupt public order. This announcement follows a series of protests by the Shia minority in the Eastern Province. The Saudi minister said:
Regulations in the kingdom forbid categorically all sorts of demonstrations, marches and sit-ins, as they contradict Islamic Sharia law and the values and traditions of Saudi society
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