Saudi crackdown

A Saudi academic is on death row for using social media as the Arab monarchy is tightening its grip on dissidents. Prominent pro-reform law professor Awad Al-Qarni was arrested in September 2017.

His alleged charges include owning a Twitter account and using WhatsApp to spread messages deemed hostile to the kingdom.


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