'A citizen is going to have his head cut off over tweets on an anonymous account with less than 10 followers,' one rights group said.
The charges against al-Ghamdi include conspiracy against the Saudi leadership, undermining state institutions and supporting terrorist ideology, sources briefed on the details of the case told AFP.Saudi officials did not respond to AFP's request for comment.
Human rights activists said the case highlights an intense crackdown on criticism published on social media, even via accounts that have few followers. Saeed al-Ghamdi, Mohammed's brother and an activist living in exile outside Saudi Arabia, said the case against Mohammed was at least partly built on posts on X, formerly Twitter, criticizing the government and expressing support for"prisoners of conscience" such as the jailed religious clerics Salman al-Awda and Awad al-Qarni.
Mohammed al-Ghamdi's account on X had only nine followers, according to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights. "Saudi courts are escalating their repression and unveiling publicly their empty promises of reform," said Lina al-Hathloul, head of monitoring and communication for the rights group ALQST."How can the world believe the country is reforming when a citizen is going to have his head cut off over tweets on an anonymous account with less than 10 followers?"
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