Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter

Unlike some of the failed states in the area, Saudi Arabia is a legitimate threat to the West. All the random abuse of their citizens is countered by a sportswashing campaign that includes Formula 1 races and boxing events to name a few. They are also investing heavily in afforestation and renewable energy, which will reduce their dependence on oil soon.

While I find this really awful, it should be clear to everybody, and especially to her, that this is how those dictatorships work.<p>These are extremly wealthy shitholes who give nothing about democratic principles or human life at all.<p>You either play by their rules or you better don&#x27;t set your foot on their land.

Also from The Guardian, 10 years ago: &quot;Student jailed for racist Fabrice Muamba tweets&quot; [1], only that time it happened in the UK and the sentence was for 56 days.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;uk&#x2F;2012&#x2F;mar&#x2F;27&#x2F;student-jailed-fabrice-muamba-tweets" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;uk&#x2F;2012&#x2F;mar&#x2F;27&#x2F;student-jailed-fa...</a>

This article says she tweeted and it is about Twitter who have taken much Saudi investment, but the punishment is about what she said which is construed as seditious. This is about control of speech, not a tweet and not Twitter or its investors.

There was a documentary about women prisons. It&#x27;s hell on the earth.

Maybe she could appeal to UN Women’s Rights Commission, or UN Commission on the Status of Women.

The UK arrests people for re-Tweets [1]<p>So what&#x27;s the point here?<p>If the UK arrests people for re-Tweeted memes, how long should you get for terrorist re-Tweets?<p>How about the Guardian cleans up the UK first and mentions the UK also does this.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fee.org&#x2F;articles&#x2F;uk-man-arrested-for-malicious-communications-after-posting-meme-mocking-the-transgender-flag&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fee.org&#x2F;articles&#x2F;uk-man-arrested-for-malicious-commu...</a>