A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death based solely on his Twitter and YouTube activity.

Al-Ghamdi’s death sentence is the latest and most severe in a series of cases in which Saudi authorities have targeted social media users for peaceful expression online. Over the past year, Saudi courts have convicted and imposed decades-long sentences on social media users who criticized the government.

  • Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
    71·
    10 months ago

    All that money Bonesaw is spending on laundering the reputation of Saudi Arabia and then something like this or machine gunning refugees goes and ruins it.

    • impiri@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      You just have to balance it with enough golf or wrestling that the audience builds up a tolerance for it