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'It is their duty': Newcastle fans are urged by a Saudi activist to keep on protesting against their owners - and she claims that supporters have been lied to over who owns the club

A Saudi Arabian activist whose sister was imprisoned and tortured for campaigning for women's right to drive, has urged Newcastle United fans to protest about the brutality of the kingdom's rulers.

'It is their duty,' says Lina al-Hathloul, who has lived in exile for 10 years in Belgium and says she has never felt less safe than now.

'Absolutely I would encourage Newcastle fans to research the regime and realise that MBS [Saudi ruler, Mohammed bin Salman] controls their club.

'Otherwise they are legitimising a regime that has been absolutely toxic, and has been forbidden from much international engagement for years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.