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More than 134 people have been brutally executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year by beheading and crucifixion, including six who were just kids when they were arrested. A massive spike in crucifixions and beheadings has seen the slain tortured and slaughtered by brutal methods, according to a human rights organisation. At least six teens were executed this year after being arrested for supposed "crimes" when they were kids, the report claims.
In a report presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, The Death Penalty Project revealed a further 24 people are at imminent risk of execution. They include three children, prominent political opponents of the crown prince, clerics, and human rights campaigners.
Among those executed this year are three women and 51 who were facing drug charges that would be considered minor offences elsewhere in the world. At least 58 of those killed were foreign nationals and most were accused of spreading Shia Islam - a crime in the Sunni Islam state.
Mujtaba al-Sweikat, a teenager who was set to start a new life in the US, studying at Western Michigan University, when he was arrested for attending an anti-government protest. The then-17-year-old who had enrolled in an English language and finance and was at the airport to catch a flight to the US when he was arrested - was badly beaten including on the soles of his feet before he confessed to crimes against the state.
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/saudi-arabia-executes-134-people-20072152
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)So clearly, they can do no wrong. If he feels compelled to mention it at all, Trump will wave it away with a cry of "fake news" punctuated by a hamberder fart. The media, powerless to separate fact and fiction, will "both sides" the shit out of the report, and everything will go back to "normal."
A HERETIC I AM
(24,321 posts)Trump is just the latest face.
Don't forget the relationship the Bush family had/has with the House of Saud;
This country lets those backward ass, stuck in the 11th century assholes do what they want because they are sitting on a shit ton of oil.
It used to be a Fuck Ton, but it's diminishing, so now it's just a shit ton. When the wells start to run dry, and they will pretty soon, watch the fuck out.
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)solar and wind power. Is that why trumpf is against wind power??
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A HERETIC I AM
(24,321 posts)American industry and politics has been deeply intertwined with the Saudi's since before WWII and of course, we just love to sell arms to almost any takers.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,321 posts)Not sure if you knew that or not, but that is Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. He's an Emirati, not a Saudi.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)I googled "crown prince" and "Bill Clinton" assumed he was Saudi.
I was going to post another image here with Bill and actual Saudi's, of which I've found a few, but I think my point was made. Under Clinton there was a huge boost in arms sales all over the globe, not just to Saudi Arabia, but other inflamed hotspots and nefarious leaders.
It seems so difficult to curb both the gun manufacturers and the NRA who lobbies for them affecting the country internally, and the MIC arms production and sales heading out of the country to stoke more war and turmoil abroad. No politician wants to be the one that looks like he's against guns!....the horror! And of course the economic woes it would bring to the thousands employed in those industries.
George II
(67,782 posts)Are you insinuating that he was complicit in those or ANY Saudi executions?
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)Yet we get BILL!
Cha
(295,929 posts)The OP is about heinous Saudi executions.. why are you trying to distract?
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)*sigh*
Cyrano
(15,023 posts)He'd love to hold televised beheadings of anyone he wanted to behead.
And my guess is that the sick bastard would love to wield the sword himself.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)get more jollies from crucifixions, no?
He would be the one to bring them back in vogue on the Crucifixion Platform, or a new show: Get On The Cross!
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)He would LOVE to be able to punish people who spoke out against him or the GOP.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)tblue37
(64,982 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)If the christian and muslim leadership ever got over their anger and hatred of each other we would all be living in a muslim or christian version of SA.
SCantiGOP
(13,856 posts)Is there any doubt that fundy preachers wouldn't justify and enjoy seeing this kind of treatment for abortionists, atheists, blasphemers, gays, etc etc?
They and these bastards from Saudi Arabia should be transported back to the Dark Ages where they belong.
farmbo
(3,120 posts)and it would be a great dishonor to our Troops should Trump attempt to put their lives at risk to preserve the oil wealth of a handful of Saudi Elites.
sinkingfeeling
(51,279 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)Throw them to the wolves.
chowder66
(9,011 posts)If they are not taught a lesson they will never learn and will only go on to defy laws and commit human abuses.
Everyone who disagrees with the madness and the methods of these monsters (Republicans, Trump and Saudi Arabian Officials) needs to push back hard on them.
cstanleytech
(26,082 posts)cstanleytech
(26,082 posts)Not because I would ever do anything on the list of supposed offenses these people are accused of but because it seems their country is run by some really giant douchebags.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I read recently that tourism to the US is down.
cstanleytech
(26,082 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)I'm sure Trump is jealous. We've only had 10 executions this year (25 last year).
Even the deaths of men, women, and children in American concentration camps doesn't begin to catch up to the Saudis. Wanna bet Trump salivates over those Saudi numbers?
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)No wonder Trump loves them.
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)Sickening.
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Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)The oil wealth isnt spread around the country as much as its hoarded in Switzerland.
If they werent so greedy, the Saudi royals could have used their trillions to remake the world for the better.