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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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[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why did we send a generations worth of our wealth to these people instead of developing solar and wind?

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Conservatism. That's why.

[–] CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same issue with providing countries

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There are other alternatives to existing uranium-based nuclear power plants, like thorium which is much more abundant. Because nuclear isn't mainstream in many places however, none of those alternatives have gained any steam to get built.

[–] HootinNHollerin@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We need to get off oil and leave em

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't bash their prophets, bash their profits

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hey remember all those times the US government did business with Saudi Arabia? I wish I could come up with something to say about that that wouldn't get me visited by at least 9 letters worth of government agencies

[–] TGhost@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Why did ?

As European, I'm laughing or crying, depend, to see we have turned Putin to this...

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I wish I could come up with something to say about that that wouldn't get me visited by at least 9 letters worth of government agencies

Lol what? Yeah, no. That's silly.

[–] NeoMoss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dubai isn't in Saudi Arabia.

[–] NeoMoss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

My bad, got them mixed up

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] NeoMoss@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Seems my Geographie is rusted, got it mixed up