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A Saudi Shia teenager, Hassan Mohammad Zaheri, has martyred of his injures three days after he was shot by regime forces in the town of Awamiyah in the Eastern Province.

He was injured during a protest rally in Awamiyah on Wednesday.

Saudi forces also killed two other Shia men, Khaled al-Labbad and Salman al-Bandari, in Eastern Province’s Qatif city the same day.

Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has confirmed that security forces shot dead two men after they raided a house in Qatif on Wednesday. 

The latest death brings to 15 the number of anti-regime protesters killed since last year.

Since February 2011, protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in the Kingdom's east, mainly in Qatif and Awamiyah, calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.

However, the demonstrations have turned into protests against the repressive Al Saud regime, especially since November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the oil-rich region.

Saudi forces have also arrested more than 700 people including prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr.

According to Human Rights Watch, the Saudi regime “routinely represses expression critical of the government.”