Oil rich dictatorship uses brutal methods in jailing peaceful Saudi activists to rule from Riyadh

Rights group slams Saudi for jailing activists

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Photo illustration of a Saudi man browsing Twitter, in Riyadh, in January 2013. Two activists were convicted of violating a law on cybercriminality by using Twitter to denounce various aspects of political and social life in the ultra-conservative kingdom. They now have 30 days to live. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles