In a move seen by many as using the death penalty as a political weapon in Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on activism, authorities have handed down a death sentence to the sibling of a well-known Saudi activist. The authorities are justifying the sentence on the grounds of alleged postings criticizing corruption and human rights violations in […]
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