Saudi Arabia executes top Shia cleric – BBC News

See also: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/ben_hubbard/index.html
and http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/02/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi-arabia-the-latest.html

Fact Check: The Truth About Sheikh Nimr – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

News

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in November 2015

Will Saudi Political Executions Lead to Civil War?

Saudi Arabia to Execute More Than 50 Convicted of Terrorism, Local Media Say

[Paragraphs 4-6 refer to Shia from the Eastern Province – Ed.]

What the Saudis Miss When They Focus on Iran

Sectarian Backfire? Assessing Gulf Political Strategy Five Years after the Arab Uprisings

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s manifesto for change in the face of rumours of coup plots

Bahrain

On harassment of Muharram commemorations in Bahrain by security forces, see http://www.adhrb.org/2015/10/attacks-on-muharram-ceremonies-in-bahrain/

For the March 2015 report on discrimination against the Shia in Bahrain, see http://www.bahrainrights.org/en/node/7419