'''Nimr Baqir an-Nimr''' sering disebut sebagai '''Syekh Nimr''' ({{lang-ar|نمر باقر النمر}}; {{lahirmati||21|6|1959||2|1|2016}}) adalah [[syekh]] dan [[ulama]] [[syiah]] di [[al-Awamiyah]], [[Syarqiyah, Arab Saudi]] yang ditangkap dan dieksekusi pemerintah [[Arab Saudi]] sehingga menciptakan ketegangan diplomatik antara syiah dan pemerintah [[sunni]].<ref name="ThReut_Nimr_seek_state">{{cite news |first=Ulf |last=Laessing |author2=Reed Stevenson |author3=Michael Roddy |pages= |title=Watching Bahrain, Saudi Shi'ites demand reforms |date=2011-02-22 |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/22/us-saudi-shiites-idUSTRE71L33820110222 |accessdate=2012-02-21 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65cxW9sGK |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
Dia populer di kalangan anak muda<ref name="08RIYADH1283" /><ref name="Guardian_Oct11biggestdemos" /> dan kritis terhadap [[politik Arab Saudi|pemerintah Arab Saudi]],<ref name="08RIYADH1283" /> ia menyerukan pemilihan umum yang bebas di Arab Saudi.<ref name="reaction">{{cite web |title=Saudi execution of Shia cleric sparks outrage in Middle East |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/02/saudi-execution-of-shia-cleric-sparks-outrage-in-middle-east |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 Januari 2016}}</ref> Ia ditangkap oleh pemerintah Saudi pada tahun 2006, pada saat itu an-Nimr mengatakan ia dipukuli oleh [[Mabahith]].<ref name="08RIYADH1283" /> Pada tahun 2009, ia mengkritik pemerintah Saudi dan menyarankan bahwa jika hak [[Islam syiah di Arab Saudi|syiah Saudi]] tidak dihormati, Provinsi Syarqiyah harus memisahkan diri.<ref name="AP_Nimr_in_hiding" /><ref name="ThReut_Nimr_seek_state" /><ref name="AlAhramW_secession" /> Otoritas Saudi merespon dengan menangkap an-Nimr dan 35 orang lain.<ref name="AP_Nimr_in_hiding" /><ref name="AI_Nimr_arrest_order" /> Selama [[protes Arab Saudi 2011–12]], an-Nimr menyerukan pengunjuk rasa untuk menolak peluru polisi menggunakan "deru kata" daripada kekerasan,<ref name="Rasid_Nimr_nonviolence" /><ref name="AlAhramW_words_not_bullets" /> dan memprediksi runtuhnya pemerintah jika terus bertindak represif.<ref name="nimr_regime_topplable_22jan2012" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' menjelaskan bahwa an-Nimr sebagai "pemimpin dalam pemberontakan."<ref name="Guardian_Oct11biggestdemos" />
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<ref name="08RIYADH1283">{{cite journal|last =Gfoeller|first =Michael|authorlink =|title =Meeting with controversial Shi'a sheikh Nimr |id={{WikiLeaks cable|08RIYADH1283}}|work =|publisher =[[WikiLeaks]]|date =2008-08-23|url =http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/08/08RIYADH1283.html|accessdate =2012-01-23|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64ufZsESb |archivedate=2012-01-23 |deadurl=no }}</ref>
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<ref name="AI_Nimr_arrest_order">{{cite web|last =|first =|authorlink =|title =Shi'a men and teenagers held incommunicado by Saudi Arabian authorities|work =|publisher =[[Amnesty International]] |date =2009-03-23 |url =http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/shia-men-teenagers-held-incommunicado-saudi-arabian-authorities-20090323 |format =|doi =|accessdate =2012-02-21 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65cxRMoCM |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no }}</ref>
<ref name="AP_Nimr_in_hiding">{{cite news |first=Donna |last=Abu-Nasr |pages= |title= Saudi government cracks down on Shiite dissidents |date=2009-04-01 |publisher= [[U-T San Diego|The San Diego Union-Tribune]]/[[Associated Press|AP]] |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2009/apr/01/ml-saudi-shiites-040109/?page=all |accessdate=2012-02-21 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65cxT8OiS |archivedate=2012-02-21 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="AlAhramW_secession">{{cite news |first=Salah |last=Hemeid |pages= |title=Bomb-for-peace |date=2009-05-07 |publisher=[[Al-Ahram Weekly]] |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/946/re7.htm |accessdate=2012-02-22 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65eZJ23ud |archivedate=2012-02-22 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
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<ref name="AlAhramW_words_not_bullets">{{cite news |first=Rashid |last=Abul-Samh |pages= |title=Saudi Shias riot yet again for better conditions |date=2011-10-13 |publisher=[[Al-Ahram Weekly]] |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1068/re9.htm |accessdate=2012-02-22 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65eWIIiAu |archivedate=2012-02-22 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="Rasid_Nimr_nonviolence">{{cite news |first= |last= |pages= |title=Sheikh Nemr Refuses Use of Violence against Security Forces |date=2011-10-06 |publisher=[[Rasid News Network]] |url=http://rasid.com/english/?act=artc&id=360 |accessdate=2012-02-17 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/65edsw1fB |archivedate=2012-02-17 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
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<ref name="nimr_regime_topplable_22jan2012">{{cite news |last=AGB/HGH |title=Saudi cleric warns Al Saud regime |date=21 January 2012 |publisher=[[Press TV]] |url=http://www.presstv.ir/detail/222289.html |accessdate=24 January 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64wQb19yr |archivedate=24 January 2012 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="Guardian_Oct11biggestdemos">{{cite news |first=Toby |last=Matthiesen |pages= |title=Saudi Arabia: the Middle East's most under-reported conflict |date=2012-01-23 |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/23/saudi-arabia-shia-protesters |accessdate=2012-01-23 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64udhGzfw |archivedate=2012-01-23 |deadurl=no |location=London}}</ref>
<ref name="AJE_alNimrwounded">{{cite news |first= |last= |pages= |title= Saudi protest crackdown leaves two dead |date=2012-07-09 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]] |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/20127819561763436.html |accessdate=2012-07-10 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/693pOd8Vd |archivedate=2012-07-10 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="ThReut_alNimrwounded">{{cite news |first= Asma |last = Al Sharif |author2=Angus McDowall |author3=Sami Aboudi |author4=Christopher Wilson |pages= |title=Saudi police arrest prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric |date=2012-07-08 |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/08/us-saudi-arrest-idUSBRE8670GH20120708 |accessdate=2012-07-10 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/693pPRIzc |archivedate=2012-07-10 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="alManar_alNimr_tortured">{{cite news |first= |last= |pages= |title='Sheikh Nimr Tortured by Saudi Authorities' |date=2012-07-17 |publisher=[[Al-Manar]] |url=http://www5.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=61729&frid=23&seccatid=28&cid=23&fromval=1 |accessdate=2012-07-18 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69G6QqmGy |archivedate=2012-07-18 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="presstv_alNimr_hungerstrike">{{cite news |first= |last= |pages= |title=Saudi Arabia's jailed Sheikh Nemr goes on hunger strike |date=2012-07-19 |publisher=[[Press TV]] |url=http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/07/19/251736/jailed-saudi-cleric-starts-hunger-strike/ |accessdate=2012-07-19 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69HSLSFLs |archivedate=2012-07-19 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="awamia_muna_jabir_funeral">{{cite web|last =|first =|authorlink =|script-title=ar:السلطات تمنع تشييع عقيلة آية الله النمر والآلاف يخرجون في مسيرة غاضبة |language=Arabic |work =|publisher =Awamia.net |date =2012-08-01|url =http://awamia.net/index.php/permalink/4764.html |doi =|accessdate =2012-08-01 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/69bDhWj0N |archivedate=2012-08-01 |deadurl=no }}</ref>
<ref name="alSharq_alNimr21Aug2012">{{cite web|last =|first =|authorlink =|title =Asharq Center expresses concern for the safety of the health and humanitarian situation of Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr |language = Arabic |work =|publisher =Asharq Center for Human Rights |date =2012-08-21|url =http://alsharqcenter.com/statments/663 |format =|doi =|accessdate =2012-08-23 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6A79OgViO |archivedate=2012-08-23 |deadurl=no }}</ref>
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<ref name="BBC20141015_alNimr_deathsentence">{{cite news |first= |last= |pages= |title=Saudi Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr 'sentenced to death'|date=2014-10-15|publisher=[[BBC News]] |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29627766|accessdate=2014-10-15 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6TLomu3cZ|archivedate=2014-10-15 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
<ref name="AI_alNimr_deathsentence">{{cite web|last =|first =|authorlink =|coauthors =|title =Saudi Arabia: Appalling death sentence against Shi’a cleric must be quashed |work =|publisher =[[Amnesty International]] |date =2014-10-15 |url =http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/saudi-arabia-appalling-death-sentence-against-shi-cleric-must-be-quashed-2014-10-15 |format =|doi =|accessdate =2014-10-15 |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6TLs4qEbd|archivedate=2014-10-15 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
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