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Activists accuse authorities of role in Saudi cleric’s death during detention

Saudi activists, including rights group ALQST, accused the kingdom’s authorities of ‘deliberately harming’ cleric Musa al-Qarni, which led to his reported death in detention.

Qarni was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2011 during a trial against the "Jeddah reformers".
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