| Many of their residence permits, or iqama, which all foreigners in Saudi Arabia are required to carry about their person at all times or risk arrest and imprisonment, had in the meantime expired, meaning they had now become illegal "overstayers" | It is difficult to believe that the father of the murdered boy would have been able to live a free and fulfilling life had he not pardoned Fahd at the last minute |
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| Alsharif, Asma 24 May 2011 | Denied dignity: systematic discrimination and hostility toward Saudi Shia citizens |
| a transparent attempt to demonstrate that the Al-Saud would apparently be willing to let one of their own face the consequences of his criminal activity | The Report: Saudi Arabia 2009 |
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| Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia | For example, 160 Egyptian and Asian employees went on strike at a factory in Jeddah in 2002 |
The only thing that was remarkable about the whole charade was that Fahd had been charged at all.
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