Speech
Individual rights to freedom of speech or freedom of faith and peaceful assembly like Shiite Moharram Processions to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain or Husayn ibn Ali are not respected and are completely banned by the monarchy. Any speech or public demonstration that is deemed to be critical of the government, especially the royal family, or (Wahabi) Islam as defined by government, can lead to imprisonment, corporal punishment and even execution.
Read more about this topic: Censorship In Saudi Arabia
Famous quotes containing the word speech:
“Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
—Bible: New Testament Colossians 4:6.
“Are you shouting at me, dead man, squeezing your face
In agonies of speech on speechless panes?
Cry louder, beat the windows, bawl your name!”
—Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971)