Saudi Arabia: Man might face death penalty for tweets: Hamza Kashgari

Index AI : MDE 23/002/2012
Date de publication : 13 février 2012
Catégorie(s) : Arabie saoudite

Saudi Arabian national Hamza Kashgari risks being charged of apostasy, punishable by death, for remarks he posted on Twitter. He was forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia on 12 February from Malaysia, after he had left the country amid death threats for the posts. He is now in detention in Saudi Arabia.