Seeing the headline my first immediate first guess was "oh he insulted the royal family". The first sentence confirms it. There are a number of places in the wo

Seeing the headline my first immediate first guess was "oh he insulted the royal family". The first sentence confirms it. There are a number of places in the world that are like this. Qatar and Thailand spring immediately to mind. It can even go beyond the ruling family. There was a US helicopter pilot (IIRC) who wrote something disparaging about his Qatari employer on Facebook while in the United States who was arrested upon his return to Qatar for it. You have to be aware of the laws of whatever country you're going to and respect them. Ignore them at your own peril. You don't really get to complain it. Your choices are either to go and follow and law and not go. Ignorance is no excuse. I'd actually be way more wary of taking a job in some of these countries. To leave Qatar, for eample, you need an exit visa. Basically, your employer has to consent. This system is ripe for abuse and has been abused many times. Employers use it to withhold wages in exchange for giving their permission. Personally, I would never work in such a place.