Saudi Facebook activist planning protest shot dead http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1623088.php/Report-Saudi-Facebook-activist-planning-protest-shot-dead

Saudi activists alleged Wednesday Saudi state security shot dead a leading online activist who was calling for a March 11th 'Day of Rage' in the oil-rich kingdom. The German Press Agency reports Faisal Ahmed Abdul-Ahadwas was believed to be a main administrator of a 17,000-member Facebook group calling for nationwide protests and reforms, including that governors and members of the upper house of parliament be elected, the release of political prisoners, greater employment, and greater freedoms. Online activists said they believe Abdul-Ahadwas’s body was taken by authorities to “hide evidence of the crime.” The conservative kingdom has moved in recent days to quell a possible uprising similar to those that rocked Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen. Saudi authorities were recently slammed by Human Rights Watch for the arrest of Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amir, a Shiite cleric who was calling for a constitutional monarchy and equal rights for minority Shias