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Safa Al Ahmad

Our World: Saudi's Secret Uprising

30/05/2014 GMT

Saudi's Secret Uprising

BBC News - Our World, Saudi's Secret Uprising

Safa Al Ahmad provides a rare glimpse of the simmering unrest in Saudi's Eastern province.

Safa Al Ahmad examines how the Shia community is reacting to a government crackdown and provides a rare glimpse of the simmering unrest in Saudi's Eastern province.

Frequent protests by the marginalised Shia minority in Saudi Arabia's Eastern province have gone largely unreported. For Our World, the Saudi journalist Safa Al Ahmad has gained unprecedented access to film in the region, and speaks to activists; many of whom are on the government's most wanted list. She examines how the Shia community is reacting to a government crackdown and provides a rare glimpse of the simmering unrest in Saudi's Eastern province.

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