Trump remains silent on 14 imminent executions in Saudi Arabia
Source: Think Progress
With the fate of 14 men facing execution in Saudi Arabia hanging in the balance, rights groups and anti-death penalty activists are pushing President Donald Trump to speak up.
All 14 defendants are Shia Muslims, an oppressed minority in Saudi Arabia, and were sentenced with the death penalty after being accused of terror-related activities that threaten national security, including killing of security forces and civilians during anti-government protests. But rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch, point out that most of the convictions were based on problematic confessions that the defendants, most of whom are in their twenties, later rejected in court.
But despite pressure from activists, the Trump administration as so far remained silent on their plight.
Maya Foa, the director or UK-based rights group Reprieve, had harsh words for the president, telling ThinkProgress that Trumps silence on the pending executions is appalling, and noted that one of the convicted, Mujtaba al-Sweikat, was a teenager at the time of his arrest. Al-Sweikat was bound for the United States where he hoped to study, but was arrested and sentence to execution by beheading for allegedly attending a protest.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/trump-silent-on-imminent-executions-in-saudi-91fd614fb33f/
Megalomaniacs of the world
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Please dont be surprised, you do understand if he could kill or deport ALL Clinton voters, he would.
Do people believe that?
GaryCnf
(1,399 posts)and not remain silent ourselves as states like Ohio cue up even more than 14 human beings to die in our name.
The Mouth
(3,150 posts)President Obama visited shortly after they executed 47.
Loath Drumpf as much as anyone, but probably not an issue any POTUS can do anything about, given how much they spend on US arms...
It is a nasty regime, always has been.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)This is a 70yo guy, with zero fucks to give, stuck in a job he doesn't want, doesn't need and doesn't understand and where half of his co-workers are sabotaging him.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)His silence is bought and paid for.