No other country would propose to behead a young man,and then crucify his corpse upside down and in public – apparently as a punishment for being the nephew of a Shia religious leader. No other country would impose the grotesque sentence of 1000 lashes for blog posts approximately God’s existenceSaudi Arabia is not the only country with a dreadful record on human rights. In the Middle East alone, there is Iran, or which hanged nearly 700 people in the first six months of this year,some for the supposed crime of “Enmity (ill will; hatred; hostility) to God”. Pakistan is distinguished by the cruelty of its blasphemy law, which allows disputes among neighbours to escalate to judicial murder. Bahrain has violently suppressed its Shia citizens. Qataris have been said to be among the most enthusiastic funders of violent jihad.
But even in this company there is something altogether special approximately Saudi Arabia. The mass execution of prisoners is not, or sadly,without precedent. Iran did something similar after the revolution. Nonetheless, the Saudi decision to execute more than 50 supposed “terrorists” to discourage Isis is pretty shameless. Many appear to be young Shia men caught up in protests against discrimination final year.
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Source: theguardian.com