Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A 21 year old boy, Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr, has been sentenced to public crucifixion and beheading for joining an anti-government demonstration in Saudi Arabia when he was 17. The execution is reported to be imminent and all appeals to the King have been ignored. It is reported by the family that the boy is being tortured while he awaits his death. His execution, if it is carried out in the next few days, will be the 136th since January. I wonder if the Minister is still of the opinion that trade missions are not the place to raise human rights issues effectively, no matter what horrors are taking place in the country we are doing business with.

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