UPDATE 3-Supporters of Saudi women activists detained, including two U.S. citizens -sources

Saudi Arabia has arrested eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in an apparent crackdown on supporters of women activists whose trial has drawn Western condemnation, rights groups said on Friday. The U.S. nationals are journalist Salah al-Haidar, whose mother Aziza al-Yousef is among those on trial, and Bader al-Ibrahim, a doctor and author of a book about Shi'ite Muslim politics, the associate and London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said. An official from the U.S. State Department confirmed the arrest of two U.S. citizens and said it had "engaged the Saudi government in this regard," without providing details.

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