Saudi Arabian academic on death row for using Twitter and WhatsApp

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Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni’s arrest – even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms

with the kingdom that was “confidential and secret between me and the government”.

Jeed Basyouni, the head of Middle East and north African advocacy at Reprieve, the human rights group, said Al-Qarni’s case fits into a trend the group has observed of scholars and academics facing the death penalty for tweeting and expressing their views.and Twitter, Basyouni said: “If it wasn’t so sinister, it would be farcical. It is consistent with how they’re operating under this crown prince.

“But at the same time, that is fully irreconcilable with all the cases we are seeing, where we are talking about the public prosecutor – under the guidance of– calling for people to be killed for their opinions, for tweets, for conversations. They are not dangerous, they’re not calling for an overthrow of the regime,” she said.

 

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But they'll change the law to let Ronaldo live with his girlfriend [unmarried] lol. I wish I was a dictator. Must be awesome.

Not to worry. The Saudis are very good for golf. Right, SharkGregNorman?

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