Lawsuit Claims Twitter Turns ‘Blind Eye’ to Saudi Torture, Suppression
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Brigette Honaker
July 1, 2020
A Saudi Arabian journalist recently hit Twitter with a lawsuit claiming the social media platform ignores Saudi Arabia’s suppression of dissenters.
Plaintiff Ali Al-Ahmed is an activist, journalist and prominent political dissident against Saudi Arabia. After facing persecution in Saudi Arabia and being granted political asylum by the United States, Al-Ahmed claims he has made it his goal to bring awareness to Saudi Arabia social and political concerns. According to his recent lawsuit, he accomplishes much of his work through his prominent social media presence.
Unfortunately, his Twitter account was suspended in May 2018 “without explanation or warning,” his lawsuit claims. Al-Ahmed attributes this issue to what he views as Saudi Arabia’s “control” over the social media website.
“Because of the tremendous wealth of key figures in KSA, major corporations, including Twitter, Inc., have enabled, collaborated with, aided and abetted, and turned a blind eye to KSA’s efforts to suppress, torture, falsely imprison, terrorize, and murder dissenters both within Saudi Arabia and around the world,” the Twitter lawsuit claims.
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