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Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets

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

Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets

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.

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