Twitter Is Enabling Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Crackdown on Dissent
The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.
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Ali Ahmed Contacts in Saudi Arabia Being Disappeared
Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says it shows MBS is testing Biden's pledge to be tough on the kingdom.
BBC: Saudi school lessons in UK concern government
Another text describes the punishment for gay sex as death and states a difference of opinion about whether it should be carried out by stoning, burning with fire or throwing the person over a cliff.
The New Republic: Twitter Is Enabling Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Crackdown on Dissent
The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.
NewsWeek: Keep the Pressure on Saudi Arabia | Opinion
Reactive sanctions can prove a valuable tool if U.S. leaders apply them strategically. The State Department visa ban is a good start. The Biden administration could even go further, leveraging the Magnitsky Act to freeze U.S. financial…
Saudi Arabia’s release of a prominent activist shows Mohammed bin Salman knows his blank check…
Bill Bostock
Feb 11, 2021
Saudi Arabia's decision to release a string of activists and prisoners in recent days is an indication that the kingdom knows its blank check from the US is over.
During his 2020 presidential campaign,…
Saudi Government Shutters Its Defense Ministry’s Website After IGA Exposé
The Institute for Gulf Affairs is pleased to report that public and private highlighting of glaring bigotry and incitement in official Saudi platforms has recently led to specific improvements. While much more remains to be accomplished for…
Twitter Allegedly “Turned a Blind Eye” Over Dissident’s Account Suspension
KIRSTEN ERRICK
JUNE 30, 2020
Twitter was sued on Monday in the Southern District of New York by plaintiff Ali Al-Ahmed, a political dissident, for suspending his account after Twitter employees were allegedly also working as…
Twitter dragged into intra-Saudi feud
June 30, 2020
Twitter has been dragged into the Washington feud pitting Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed against the government of Saudi Arabia and its US agents. Ahmed, the director of the now-dormant Institute for Gulf Affairs in…
Twitter sued for allegedly conspiring with Saudi Arabia government to shut down dissenting voices
Didi Rankovic
July 1, 2020
Twitter is being sued for allegedly conspiring with Saudi authorities by blocking accounts of its critics, a law firm handling the case on behalf of the plaintiff has announced.
Ali al-Ahmed, director of…