▲ 98 ▼ Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka Reveals Riyadh Fest’s “Censorship Rules” After Turning Down Gig (deadline.com) submitted 10 months ago by squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone [M] to c/ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments With Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Comedy Festival kicking off this weekend, Atsuko Okatsuka has revealed some of the event's strict terms.
[–] expr@programming.dev 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Do we think any of these people are going to just ignore the rules anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child) It would be neat if they did, but what are the chances? They still would have to get back home. Remember, this is being organized by MBS. He's the one responsible for making Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist who was critical of MBS disappear by dismemberment in 2018. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] expr@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago Hmm that's a fair point, I suppose you couldn't feasibly ignore the rules and make it out alive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child) It would be neat if they did, but what are the chances? They still would have to get back home. Remember, this is being organized by MBS. He's the one responsible for making Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist who was critical of MBS disappear by dismemberment in 2018. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] expr@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago Hmm that's a fair point, I suppose you couldn't feasibly ignore the rules and make it out alive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] expr@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago Hmm that's a fair point, I suppose you couldn't feasibly ignore the rules and make it out alive. permalink fedilink source parent