This is a story that has been spreading lately on news and social media sites, and we will pile on in support of efforts to halt this injustice. The victim here is a Shia Muslim youth.
From the Jerusalem Post:
Saudi Arabia plans to crucify protester as it ascends to UN Human Rights Council chair
…Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr, a member of Saudi Arabia’s Shi’ite minority, was convicted on a variety of charges including taking part in anti-government protests, breaking alliance with the king, sedition, rioting and attacking security patrols in 2011. Nimr was 17 years old when Saudi authorities arrested him.
As a signatory of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Saudi Arabia is forbidden from enacting capital punishment against people under the age of 18. UN human rights experts also added that al-Nimr was subjected to torture and did not receive a fair trial.