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Saudi Arabia using arrests and beatings 'to scare online critics'
Human Rights Watch report says government targets internet commentators and journalists to try and crush talk of reforms
Matthew Weaver
theguardian.com, Wednesday 18 December 2013
Saudi Arabia is trying to silence calls for reform and criticism of its rulers by a campaign of intimidation and arrests against online activists, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
Since the start of the Arab spring in early 2011 the Saudi authorities have "redoubled" a crackdown against online criticism, the report says...
Saudi Arabia using arrests and beatings 'to scare online critics'
Human Rights Watch report says government targets internet commentators and journalists to try and crush talk of reforms
Matthew Weaver
theguardian.com, Wednesday 18 December 2013
Saudi Arabia is trying to silence calls for reform and criticism of its rulers by a campaign of intimidation and arrests against online activists, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
Since the start of the Arab spring in early 2011 the Saudi authorities have "redoubled" a crackdown against online criticism, the report says...
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