Saudi Arabia to execute 52 prisoners, including juveniles, en masse

Re:Saudi Arabia to execute 52 prisoners, including juveniles... by dclowd9901 on Friday December 04, 2015 @03:48AM (#10675287)

"The reports say the 52 prisoners – all of whom were convicted in the secretive Specialized Criminal Court – will be executed across nine different cities in the Kingdom in a single day."

The brutality instantly felt astonishing, and then I remembered Guantanamo is still open and will host its prisoners, sent there by secret courts, for the foreseeable future.

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Re:Saudi Arabia to execute 52 prisoners, including juveniles... by x5n1 on Friday December 04, 2015 @03:54AM (#10675303)

A single drone strike can kill 52 people, considering 90% civilian ratio in drone bombings... Middle Eastern people don't get any consideration for people's lives from their rulers or their Western counterparts.

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Re:Saudi Arabia to execute 52 prisoners, including juveniles... by Cyph0n on Friday December 04, 2015 @03:58AM (#10675314)

We are screwed either way. It's sad to be frank.

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Re:Saudi Arabia to execute 52 prisoners, including juveniles... by Grue3 on Friday December 04, 2015 @09:18AM (#10676408)

>Guantanamo is still open and will host its prisoners, sent there by secret courts, for the foreseeable future.

So they'll be still alive at the end of the day. Such barbarity, DAE hate USA?

Nice job downplaying a country murdering fifty people for thoughtcrimes.

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Re:Saudi Arabia to execute 52 prisoners, including juveniles... by dclowd9901 on Friday December 04, 2015 @02:24PM (#10678454)

I'm not sure how you see holding someone with no charges, no due process and no chances of release as mercy. It sounds more like torture to me.

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