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When a foreign government is suspected of dismembering a US resident it has more geo-political implications. Despite the fact that every grusome crime deserves
by paulryanrogers 4y ago
When a foreign government is suspected of dismembering a US resident it has more geo-political implications. Despite the fact that every grusome crime deserves equal treatment from the justice system.
- pessimizer 4y agoThe reason that is true about Saudi Arabia is because nothing else that Saudi Arabia does gets any reaction except tacit approval from the US, and they paid absolutely no price for Kashoggi, either. Right now, the US is screaming about the veil right after recriminalizing abortion. Meanwhile: Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/16/saudi-woman-given-34-year-prison-sentence-for-using-twitter https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/16/saudi-woman-gi... Saudi woman jailed for 45 years over social media use, says group https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/saudi-woman-given-jail-sentence-for-social-media-use-says-human-rights-group https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/saudi-woman-gi... Saudi Arabia is imprisoning women while the rest of the world is not paying attention https://theconversation.com/saudi-arabia-is-imprisoning-women-while-the-rest-of-the-world-is-not-paying-attention-189928 https://theconversation.com/saudi-arabia-is-imprisoning-wome... These stories get a little attention from the press ostensibly because they're about speech, but knowing modern journalism it's really because they are about Twitter. Women getting executed for infidelity? Not news.