Quick Glance: Retired teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for critical tweets
- A Saudi court has sentenced a retired teacher to death over his online comments, according to his brother and Human Rights Watch.
- Muhammad al-Ghamdi was arrested last year and had limited access to a lawyer before being convicted in July, as reported by Human Rights Watch.
- Saudi Arabia has executed at least 92 people so far this year, as stated by the European Saudi Organization for Human Rights.
- The death sentence is part of an 'escalating crackdown' on free speech in the country, said Lina Alhathloul, head of monitoring and advocacy at ALQST and sister of released Saudi political prisoner Loujain al-Hathloul.
UPDATE: A team of UPDF under the leadership of the Commander Land Forces, Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga has been dispatched to Somalia to ascertain the ... Show more #MonitorUpdates
Russian forces are denying Ukrainian residents under occupation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast access to insulin if they do not obtain Russian passports ... Show more https://kyivindependent.com/russian-occupied-zaporizhzhia/
BREAKING: First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been promoted to full General and dropped as Commander UPDF Land Forces,
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The national coordinator Operation Wealth Creation, Gen Salim Saleh pictured decorating the newly appointed UPDF Commander of Land Forces ... Show more #MonitorUpdates
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Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been promoted to General and dropped as Commander of Land Forces.
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I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for tweets sent by Gen.Muhooz, former Commander of Land Forces ... Show more https://bit.ly/342gSwT #VisionUpdates
President @KagutaMuseveni has Tuesday, October 4, 2022, promoted First Son Lt. Gen. @mkainerugaba to the rank of full General ... Show more #VisionUpdates https://newvisionapp.page.link/ZPHkTHEKcFNgkAKv7
📸 IN 50 PICTURES: Over 200 senior UPDF officers retire from Army
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Quick Glance: Kupiansk and Izium are liberated as Russian fortifications crumble in the face of a swift Ukrainian attack in Kharkiv Oblast.
- Four days into Ukraine's unexpected counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast, Russian forces have withdrawn from the vital cities of Kupiansk and Izium, marking the near-complete collapse of Russia's line of defense in the area.
- Russian sources verified earlier reports of Ukrainian forces entering Izium later in the afternoon.
- Later, Ukrainian troops verified their entry into Izium.
- The letter was then modified, with the ministry declaring that "a decision was made to "regroup Russian forces stationed in Balakliia and Izium" and transfer them to Donetsk Oblast."