Saudi Arabia beheads man for sending messages about protests when aged 16

[fred_dev]

I thank you for posting this. Not all the people read or know what's going on in the world! I met a guy from Arabia, when I asked him do you agree with what the King/prince is doing?! The answer was shocking, he reminded me that it's a monarchy, and they have no voting system! They have no right to protest. Whatever the king says is the law. If they stand against king the will die...

Those people are stuck there, just because they born in a wrong location.

Beside discussing the death penalty, think about how you can help those youth that want to protest.

This guy died because he wanted to make a movement, please don't let this happen again anywhere else in the world. Be their voice, think about other people who are still alive and are in pain.

Arabia is just an example, many countries have the same situation. What killed this guy was WhatsApp! If any hacker pass by this post. Please, they need an app which doesn't kill.

Messaging in an anonymous mode, Non-interceptive even by God. But protects the users from malicious ones. Free, robust, unbreakable. Easy to use. Never ask for phone number which most national telcos has power over it.

I'm sure there are some small unnoticed git projects that needs you to contribute. You might don't need to start from zero.

[Alexander473]

Well, Pavel Durov once said that WhatsApp sucks. That's why Telegram was invented.

[brianpgordon]

Looks like the article says that he was 16 when he sent the messages, not when he was executed. He was executed at 21. Still unconscionable but sensationalizing doesn't help anything.

[xrd]

He was beheaded. Maybe stating he was "executed" is actually the opposite of sensationalism?

[kome]

that's not sensationalizing.

[salex89]

But you won't see Saudi Arabia bombed or invaded because of human rights violations...

[ShorsHammer]

At this point even some sanctions and trade boycotts is a pipe dream. The West has completely given up on any pretence of caring about human rights in the Middle East.

[cmurf]

Nope, you'll see the U.S. president, with pleasure, talk about how many jobs we get from all the Saudi Arabian blood money pouring into the country by selling them arms to blow up Yemeni children. Etc.

[pauljurczak]

"They may be bastards, but they're our bastards." - statement attributed to some presidents, not only of U.S.

[astrodust]

To save your hide have either a lot of nuclear weapons or deep political ties to those that might invade you.

[Data_Junkie]

Saudi Arabia sends message to subjects by terrorizing people.

[rahuldottech]

Fuck man. This stuff doesn't belong on a tech site like this.

[RenRav]

I see some relevance for the online methods being used to organize protests. I wish it was framed more as a cry for better encrypted communication methods, or anything that would help prevent this. Just reading the facts of them dying is unpleasant.