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:
“It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)
“What of the heart without her? Nay, poor heart,
Of thee what word remains ere speech be still?
A wayfarer by barren ways and chill,
Steep ways and weary, without her thou art,
Where the long cloud, the long wood’s counterpart,
Sheds doubled darkness up the labouring hill.”
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
“What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)