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| Saudi jails Islamist for mocking king |
| 2014-03-10 |
[The Peninsula] A Saudi court yesterday tossed in the slammerYou have the right to remain silent... an Islamist for eight years on charges of inciting protests, mocking the monarch and criticising the security services on Twitter, official news agency SPA reported. The defendant, who was not identified, had been convicted of inciting "families of those tossed in the slammer ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... for security reasons to protest by publishing Tweets and videos on YouTube," Justice Ministry front man Fahd Al Bakran was quoted by SPA as saying. Prosecutors also found the defendant guilty of "mocking" the King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Saudi scholars and the judiciary, as well as criticising security services for arresting "promoters of myrmidon ideology". In addition to the jail sentence, the court banned the defendant from travelling for eight years and posting on social media. Security forces had previously arrested the accused on similar charges, but freed him after he signed a pledge not to take part in such activities again. |
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