BY MARGARET COKER
(See Corrections & Amplifications item below.)
JEDDAH—Saudi Arabia's crackdown on alleged Islamic militants has resulted in recent years in thousands of arrests and scores of convictions, drawing praise from Washington for the kingdom's commitment to battling terrorism.
But critics contend the government is using its security forces to silence a growing group of Saudi political activists seeking liberal reform inside the authoritarian kingdom. Saudis who simply hold political views different from those of their rulers have been arrested and detained as security suspects under the counter-terror efforts, according to human-rights advocates, family of the detained and U.S. officials. They say ...
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