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Exiled Saudi dissidents launch opposition party: statement
LONDON, Sept 24, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A group of Saudi dissidents exiled in countries including Britain and the United States announced the launch Wednesday of an opposition party, the first organised political resistance under King Salman’s rule.
“We hereby announce the establishment of the National Assembly Party, which aims to institute democracy as a form of government in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” they said in a statement.
The party is headed by prominent London-based human rights activist Yahya Assiri, and its members include academic Madawi al-Rasheed, researcher Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi, US-based Abdullah Alaoudh and Canada-based Omar Abdulaziz, sources close to the outfit told AFP.
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