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·
    1 year 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
      1·
      1 year ago

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