Again crucification in Saudi-Arabia.

[VipertheSniper]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Barbaric, yes. But if you ask me the wacko was the one who got uppity. Take your chances I guess, I mean its not like he or his relatives didn't know this could happen if they got caught.

quite the cynic

and fwiw, what this has got to do with the US

QUESTION: Yesterday, Saudi Arabia was named to head the Human Rights Council, and today I think they announced they are about to behead a 21-year-old Shia activist named Muhammed al-Nimr. Are you aware of that?

MR. TONER: I’m not aware of the trial that you—or the verdict—death sentence.

QUESTION: Well, apparently, he was arrested when [he] was 17 years old and kept in juvenile detention, then moved on. And now, he’s been scheduled to be executed.

MR. TONER: Right. I mean, we’ve talked about our concerns about some of the capital punishment cases in Saudi Arabia in our Human Rights Report, but I don’t have any more to add to it.

QUESTION: So you—

QUESTION: Well, how about a reaction to them heading the council?

MR. TONER: Again, I don’t have any comment, don’t have any reaction to it. I mean, frankly, it’s—we would welcome it. We’re close allies. If we—

QUESTION: Do you think that they’re an appropriate choice given—I mean, how many pages is—does Saudi Arabia get in the Human Rights Report annually?

MR. TONER: I can’t give that off the top of my head, Matt.

QUESTION: I can’t either, but let’s just say that there’s a lot to write about Saudi Arabia and human rights in that report. I’m just wondering if you [think] that it’s appropriate for them to have a leadership position.

MR. TONER: We have a strong dialogue, obviously a partnership with Saudi Arabia that spans, obviously, many issues. We talk about human-rights concerns with them. As to this leadership role, we hope that it’s an occasion for them to look at human rights around the world but also within their own borders.

I know he probably can't say anything else, because diplomacy, but damn...

[Betonov]

By the way, I’m sure that Saudi Arabia will itself benefit from membership on the Human Rights Council. It will no doubt learn new and exciting torture techniques from its fellow members, some of whom might be able, for reasons of public relations, to guide Saudi Arabia away from crucifixion, and toward less outre forms of punishment.

I'd laugh, but it's a bit too true

[Platapus]

I like how the press changes their perception of a 17 year old.

In some contexts (this one included) he is a "child". In other contexts he is a man.

It all depends on the spin the press wants to put on it.

[Oberon]

^
Black humor is like something too eat... not everyone has it.

[Oberon]

Can't say it's wrong though. But that's modern life for you, strange bedfellows and hypocrisy.
Then again, we looked the other way through most of South Africas apartheid era because we liked the shiny stuff they dug up for us.