- Nckdictator
- Sep 8, 2006
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The most egregious human rights violation you could come up with - in loving Saudi Arabia, of all countries - is the execution of an anti-government dissident?
I honestly can't even tell what the fuss is about. Is it because they're executing a protester? Egypt's done that by the hundreds. Is it because he was a child when he committed the crime? There are 71 people sitting on death row in the US for crimes they committed as a juvenile. Is it because the manner of execution doesn't pretend to be civilized like the US practice of paralyzing people first so they can't express pain when we inject them with liquid agony? Is it because he alleged that he was tortured, like tens of thousands of other prisoners all over the world? What makes this case notable enough to be examined and objected to separately from the countless other instances of these things all over the world? I mean, other than "because it was done by Islamists instead of against Islamists"?
Not since 2005. Far too late but atleast that's stopped.
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- Nckdictator
- Sep 8, 2006
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Sure, what's your point? Based on the title and very limited OP of this thread, I expected you to be criticizing Saudi Arabia's human rights record, not halfassedly calling out the US for supporting Bad People.
The stoppage wasn't retroactive, though. Everyone who was sentenced to death for a juvenile crime before 2005 remained on death row after that decision, and will continue to remain there until they are executed or exonerated. There's 71 left.
Just when I'm slightly optimistic about something...
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