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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = [[2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests]]
| partof = [[Qatif conflict]] and the [[Arab Spring]]
| image = [[File:Saudi Arabia (orthographic projection).svg|300px]]
| caption =
| date=11 March 2011 – 24 December 2012<br/>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=01|day1=21|year1=2011|month2=12|day2=24|year2=2012}})
| place = [[Saudi Arabia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|24.65|N|46.767|E|display=inline,title}}
| causes = <nowiki></nowiki>
* Prisoners held without trial<ref name="swiss_Saudi_5Feb"/>
* Inequality for women<ref name="AJE_women2325April" /><ref name="France24_huwaiderfilmed" />
* Corruption<ref name="islam_times_alAhmedIGA_corruption" /><ref name="Emirates247_corruption" />
* High unemployment<ref name="Ahram_unemployment" /><ref name="ThReut_10apr2011_unemployment_protest" />
* [[Shi'a Islam in Saudi Arabia#Restrictions and persecutions|Discrimination against Shias]]<ref name="alAlawi_fatwa" /><ref name="irishtimes_hugespending" />
* Saudi troops intervention in [[2011 Bahraini protests|Bahrain]]<ref name="awsat_commander_alAzima" /><ref name="KSA_ThReut_16March" /><ref name="ThReut_Qatif25Mar" />
* [[Arab Spring|Inspiration from concurrent regional protests]]
* Arrest of Nimr al-Nimr<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yementimes.com/en/1827/report/4483/Al-Nimr%E2%80%99s-death-sentence--triggers-protest.htm|title=Al-Nimr’s death sentence triggers protest|website=yementimes.com}}</ref>
| status =
| goals = <nowiki></nowiki>
* Political and economic changes
* [[Women's suffrage]]<ref name="AJE_women2325April" />
* [[women to drive movement|Women's right to drive]]<ref name="France24_huwaiderfilmed" />
* [[political prisoners in Saudi Arabia|Release of political prisoners]]
* Deportation of [[Peninsula Shield Force]] from Bahrain
* Equality for Shias
* [[Constitution]] and independent legislative assembly in [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]]<ref name="indep_oct_livefire" />
* Release of [[Nimr al-Nimr]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18768703|title=Two die during Saudi Arabia protest at Shia cleric arrest|date=9 July 2012|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
| result =
| concessions = <nowiki></nowiki>
* {{currency|{{format price|130e9}}|USD}} to benefit citizens<ref name="HRW_Laessing_etc" />
* [[Saudi Arabian municipal elections, 2011|Municipal elections held on 29 September 2011]]<ref name="alawsat_details" /><ref name="bloom_women" />
* Women to participate in [[Saudi Arabian municipal elections, 2015|2015 municipal elections]] and be nominated to [[Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia|Consultative Assembly]]<ref name="oman_observer_electionday" />
* Partial shift from imprisonment without trial to [[habeas corpus|imprisonment with trial]]<ref name="ThReut_120808_prisonplustrial" />
* [[King Khalid University]] president fired on 1 July 2012<ref name="Ottaway_KSAanalysis_Aug2012" />
| methods = <nowiki></nowiki>
* [[Demonstration (people)|Demonstrations]]
* [[Self-immolation]]
* [[Online campaign]]
| side1 ={{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabian opposition groups

{{Collapsible list
| title = show all (9)
| bullets = yes
| [[Coalition for Freedom and Justice]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Saudi Revolutionaries: An Interview |author=Rosie Bsheer |url=http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/6104/saudi-revolutionaries_an-interview |newspaper=Jadaliyya |date=7 May 2012 |access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref>
| [[Women to drive movement]]
| [[ACPRA|Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association]]
| [[HRFS|Human Rights First Society]]
| [[Asharq Center for Human Rights]]
| [[CDHRAP|Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in the Arabian Peninsula]]
| [[Society for Development and Change]]
| [[Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia]]
| [[Umma Islamic Party]]
}}
| side2 ={{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Cabinet of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabian government]]
* [[General Investigation Directorate|Mabahith]]
| side3 =
| leadfigures1 = {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Human Rights Defenders

{{Collapsible list
| title = show all (3)
| bullets = yes
| [[Manal al-Sharif]]<ref name="France24_huwaiderfilmed" /> <br /> (Co-founder of [[Women to drive movement]])
| [[Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani]] <br /> (Leader and co-founder of the [[Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association]])
| [[Wajeha al-Huwaider]] <br /> (Co-founder of [[The Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia]])
}}

{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Independent Opposition leaders
*Faisal Ahmed Abdul-Ahad<ref name="handelsblatt_Abdul-Ahad" /><ref name="DPA_Abdul-Ahadwas" /><ref name="WSNewscast_Abdul-Ahadwas" /> <br /> (Facebook Activist)
*[[Nimr al-Nimr]]{{Executed}}<ref name="Guardian_Oct11biggestdemos" /> <br /> (Sheikh)
*[[Hatoon al-Fassi]] <br /> (Female suffrage activist)

| leadfigures2 = <nowiki></nowiki>
{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]]<br>[[King of Saudi Arabia]]<br>
{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Salman]]<br>Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia<br>
{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Nayef]]<br>Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (until June 2012)<br>
{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Muhammad bin Nayef|Prince Muhammad]]<br>Interior Minister
| leadfigures3 =
| howmany1 =
| howmany2 =
| howmany3 = <table style="border-collapse:collapse; margin:0;"><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Protesters:</th><td style="padding:0; width:100%;">Thousands<ref name="arabtimes_4kQatifetc_18March" /></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Online campaign:</th><td style="padding:0;">26,000<ref name="eudigest_26k_FB" /></td></tr></table>

| casualties1 = <table style="border-collapse:collapse; margin:0;">
<tr><th style="padding-right:1em">[[2011–2012_Saudi_Arabian_protests#ProtesterDeaths|Deaths]]:</th><td style="padding:0;">17 identified
</td></tr>
<tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Injuries:</th><td style="padding:0;">100+<ref name="AFP_Qatif10March_3injured"/></td></tr>
<tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Arrests:</th>

<td style="padding:0;">[[Riyadh]]: 50;<ref name="ibtimes_20March" /><ref name="guard_20March_Riyadh" /><ref name="TheNational_KSA_municip_2011" /> [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|East Province]]: 145<ref name="HRW_Laessing_etc" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
| casualties2 = <table style="border-collapse:collapse; margin:0;">
<tr><th style="padding-right:1em">[[2011–2012_Saudi_Arabian_protests#SecurityDeaths|Deaths]]:</th><td style="padding:0;">1 identified
</td></tr></table>
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