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The crackdown on freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia is widening with at least a dozen human rights activists sentenced in 2013 alone.
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Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Director at Amnesty International.
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This is a disturbing report. It brings into perspective how dangerous seeking freedom is in countries like Saudi Arabia. Here in the States there are slogans flung around ridiculously that insult the efforts and struggles of activists in dictatorships whose actions, words and mere presence is a threat to their government, and a threat to the length of their own lives. Without thinking many Americans say our soldiers are fighting for our freedom when they are in another country invading, or toppling a government no longer of strategic importance to us.
The slogan "Freedom Ain't Free" sounds hollow against the backdrop of real freedom fighters standing as a tiny minority that reflects the needs and desires of their countrymen who really want to be free in their own country, and free from an oppressive government. It is a shame and embarrassing the things we say, and think we are conveying over in the United States. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 11.29.13
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