X - A Man In Saudi Arabia Sentenced To Death For Criticizing Government On X | Benzinga
A man in Saudi Arabia has been given a death sentence for his criticism of the national leadership via X, formerly known as Twitter, as reported by NPR.
The man, Muhammad al-Ghamdi, is a father of seven and a retired teacher. He ran two anonymous accounts on the platform where he shared critical views about the country’s administration. Human Rights Watch reported that the accounts had only 10 followers.
The court used al-Ghamdi’s tweets as evidence of “crimes” of insulting the king, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, his son and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and supporting a terrorist ideology. Saudi activists ...