Source: Indian Express [India]
“Saudi Arabia has executed a journalist who spent seven years in prison on charges of terrorism and treason. Rights groups say the charges were linked to posts he made on social media, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Turki Al-Jasser, a journalist in his late 40s, was put to death on Saturday after the country’s top court upheld his death sentence, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Al-Jasser was arrested in 2018 after security forces raided his home and seized his computer and phones. It remains unclear where he was tried or how long the trial lasted. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York-based watchdog, said Al-Jasser was accused of operating a social media account on X, which had published allegations of corruption involving members of the Saudi royal family.” (06/15/25)