Retired teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after tweeting criticism

TL;DR

A Saudi court has sentenced a retired teacher to death over his comments online, say his brother and advocacy group Human Rights Watch. According to Human Rights Watch, Muhammad al-Ghamdi was arrested last year and given little access to a lawyer before his conviction in July “under article 30 of Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism law for ‘describing the King or the Crown Prince in a way that undermines religion or justice,’ article 34 for ‘supporting a terrorist ideology,’ article 43 for ‘communication with a terrorist entity,’ and article 44 for publishing false news ‘with the intention of executing a terrorist crime. “The Saudi authorities asked me several times to return to Saudi Arabia, but I refused to do so

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