August 01, 2013

Saudi Arabian Court Sentences Blogger To 7 Years, 600 Lashes Under Cybercrime Law

Once Upon A Time, There Was A Kingdom....
Actions speak louder than words, as the saying goes, and as one Saudi court has dealt an activist blogger 7 years and 600 lashes, I think we can say Saudi Arabia still sucks at free speech. Raif Badawi had been imprisoned for the past few months for the apparent crime of starting a liberal blog seeking to start religious dialogue within Saudi Arabia. (techdirt.com)

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