alphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoSaudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweetswww.hrw.orgexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down12cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1290arrow-down1external-linkSaudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweetswww.hrw.orgalphacyberranger to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-square@Steeve@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-21 year agoHow would that stop this specific situation at all? The guy wasn’t censored from tweeting, he’s sentenced to death because he tweeted.
minus-square@jet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWe get to talk about it, we are aware of it, we can work together as a community to appeal the government, apply sanctions, etc. This man is being punished for speech, ensuring speech is available to everyone is the least we can do going forward.
minus-square@Steeve@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoAnd of course that’s important, but your first comment seemed to imply that uncensored internet would have prevented this
minus-square@Zaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year ago“Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I’m interested in.”
How would that stop this specific situation at all? The guy wasn’t censored from tweeting, he’s sentenced to death because he tweeted.
We get to talk about it, we are aware of it, we can work together as a community to appeal the government, apply sanctions, etc.
This man is being punished for speech, ensuring speech is available to everyone is the least we can do going forward.
And of course that’s important, but your first comment seemed to imply that uncensored internet would have prevented this
“Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I’m interested in.”