▲ 289 ▼ Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to Death for Tweets (www.hrw.org) submitted 3 years ago by alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 years ago* (1 child) How would that stop this specific situation at all? The guy wasn't censored from tweeting, he's sentenced to death because he tweeted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) And of course that's important, but your first comment seemed to imply that uncensored internet would have prevented this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago "Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I'm interested in." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) And of course that's important, but your first comment seemed to imply that uncensored internet would have prevented this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago "Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I'm interested in." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) And of course that's important, but your first comment seemed to imply that uncensored internet would have prevented this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago "Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I'm interested in." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago "Sad this guy is being murdered, but what we really should be talking about is the cause I'm interested in." permalink fedilink source parent