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Relatives
of Saudi prisoners - most of them held without charge - have held a rare
protest urging their release.
More than
100 people, including women and children, have taken part in the sit-in that began
on Sunday outside a desert prison in Qassim province.
Riot police
used force to break it up, arresting several protesters, according to
activists.
They say a
similar protest has begun outside the office of the Human Rights Commission in
the capital, Riyadh.
One of the
protesters in Qassim, Rima Jureish, told AFP news agency that her husband had
been "detained for more than nine years without charge".
King
Abdullah has introduced economic and social reforms during his seven-year
reign, including moves to improve the position of women, but correspondents say
he has left Saudi Arabia's political system untouched.
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