RE: News: Saudi Religious police to have less power
October 4, 2012 at 1:46 am
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2012 at 1:48 am by Doubting_Thomas.)
Probably although the article gives other examples too.
I think that in part we can thank the combination of the mobile phone camera and the Internet. That goes for all low-level state abuse not just religious ones. If you see a police car put on its lights for the sole purpose of jumping a traffic light you can put them on YouTube. I guess that's why some autocratic states are so keen to limit the Internet their people can see. Iran and north Korea being obvious examples.
It's a shame that the religious police still exist of course.
Not to go too far off topic but it's a real shame vietnams brief flirtation with freedom of expression on the Internet seems to have ended. One country takes a small step forward with civil liberties, another steps backward.
I think that in part we can thank the combination of the mobile phone camera and the Internet. That goes for all low-level state abuse not just religious ones. If you see a police car put on its lights for the sole purpose of jumping a traffic light you can put them on YouTube. I guess that's why some autocratic states are so keen to limit the Internet their people can see. Iran and north Korea being obvious examples.
It's a shame that the religious police still exist of course.
Not to go too far off topic but it's a real shame vietnams brief flirtation with freedom of expression on the Internet seems to have ended. One country takes a small step forward with civil liberties, another steps backward.
blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” – John 20:26-29
