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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death a government critic who denounced alleged corruption and human rights abuses on social media, his brother and others familiar with the case told AFP on Monday.

The judgement was handed down against Mohammed al-Ghamdi in July by the Specialized Criminal Court, a secretive institution established in 2008 to try terrorism cases that has a history of unfair trials resulting in death sentences.

The charges against al-Ghamdi include conspiracy against the Saudi leadership, undermining state institutions and supporting terrorist ideology, sources briefed on the details of the case told AFP.

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[-] NeoMoss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

And yet, dubai is advertisedd by many influencer as a dream place to live.

But it's an autocratic hell, they live on the backs of slaves and they aren't save from repercussions

[-] median_user@lemmy.one 32 points 1 year ago
[-] NeoMoss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

My bad, got them mixed up

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago
[-] NeoMoss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Seems my Geographie is rusted, got it mixed up

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