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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSaudi Arabia seeks death penalty against female human rights activist
Five human rights activists on trial, including one who would be the first female human rights activist to face capital punishment.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/22/saudi-arabia-seeks-its-first-death-penalty-against-a-female-human-rights-activist
This really makes Saudi Arabia's views on women stand out.
Oppressing women is high priority for them.
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Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty against female human rights activist (Original Post)
mysteryowl
Aug 2018
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)1. Rump and most GOP would love to be able to do this.
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)2. Tragically, I think you are correct.
The party of corruption is radicalized.
pandr32
(11,586 posts)3. Who from this administration will challenge them on this?
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)4. Good point.
Pres. Obama would have made a statement against this.
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)5. That's because they're small, little men stuck in the past
The past from thousands of years ago!
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)6. Saudis have publicly beheaded and displayed the corpses of
hundreds.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)7. Their calendar has always been about 500 years slow.
All this shit that has always been done in the name of religion is the ultimate irony.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)8. Let her go to another country that will welcome her.
This is evil government.