RIYADH - Dozens of Saudis staged a rare protest on Monday against the detention of relatives held without trial for security offenses in a country that escaped last year's Arab Spring unrest but has faced criticism for its human rights record.Up to 50 people, including eight women, stood quietly outside a prosecutor's office by the side of a Riyadh road watched by uniformed policemen sitting in three police cars.
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