2016 in Saudi Arabia
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The following lists events that happened in 2016 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 2 - 47 alleged terrorists are executed by the Saudi state, including leader of the anti-government Shia movement, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.[1][2]
- January 2 - The embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tehran, Iran, is ransacked and set on fire by protesters against al-Nimr's execution.[3]
- January 3 - Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Iran after the events that happened yesterday.[4]
- January 4 - Saudi Arabia announces it will end all air traffic and trade links with Iran, demanding Iran to "act like a normal country" before severed diplomatic relations can be restored.[5]
- January 5 - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to destroy Saudi Arabia's Tarfiya and al-Ha'ir prisons, holding ISIL prisoners.[6]
- January 12 - Saudi human rights activist Samar Badawi is arrested by Saudi police.[7]
Notable deaths
- 2 January – Nimr al-Nimr, Shia religious leader (born 1959).[1]
- 2 January – Faris al-Zahrani, (born 1977).[1]
References
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