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Former school teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia

 Former school teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia The Human Rights Watch said that the Saudi Criminal Court, known as the Anti-Terro...

Former school teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia


 Former school teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia

The Human Rights Watch said that the Saudi Criminal Court, known as the Anti-Terrorism Court, sentenced Mohammed Al-Ghamdi to death due to some of the things he published on his website. of X and his activities on YouTube, where his posts were used as evidence against him.


Al-Ghamdi, a 54-year-old retired teacher, was sentenced to death on July 10.


Court documents reviewed by Human Rights Watch show that the reason he was sentenced to death was because he was arrested for crimes involving the king and the crown prince, and that the crimes were aggravated by their presence on the media. world news that requires severe punishment.


Joy Xia, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch, expressed concern over what she described as a new and alarming move in Saudi Arabia where courts can only impose the death penalty. for posting a message on social media.


So far, there is no response from the Saudi government regarding this matter.


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