They can never fully ban knowledge, no matter how hard they try :)

Ngl, I can actually imagine saying that. Not doing that of course, because he already did so 😂

I guess MBS didn’t like 196 😔

Apologies, I forgot to mention some points:

They don’t have to be pious, I misremembered it. They must all be male, and they can only testify for non rape cases. Rape has different jurisdictions, but you are still severely punished by not being able to prove you were raped.

Rape jurisdiction is a blur in the Sharia, but they accept pregnancies, bruises and word of mouth as proof. However the problem is whether they accept it or not.

PS: all of that doesn’t include marital rape, it’s legal here.

Believe it or not, it’s possible. If you’re gay, trans, atheist or a whistleblower you are eligible for asylum. But you’re right that just being born in Saudi isn’t a free ticket to Berlin.

Getting citizenship is hard, (even asylum is turned down often). You need a stable job in that country, and above average skills to prove your worth. If not, you’ll be deported back.

You also need to stay in that country for [upto] 10 years.

And you have to leave everything behind, your culture, your family, and your friends. It would be too dangerous to go back. And they might not even accept you, immigration is brutal.

Even after you become a citizen, many people will never truly accept you as your own, and see you as an immigrant, never as a citizen.

And Saudi Arabia is well known to harass, spy on, and even kill dissidents. There was a scandal with twitter, where the Sauds bought up large amounts of stocks, then ordered 3,000 Saudi dissident’s private info. Even in other countries you aren’t safe.

And money. You need money. A shit ton of it.

Oh, i see how someone could’ve interpreted as such 🤦‍♂️ I’ll edit it jic, thank you :)

Easier said than done. At least, for the second one.

you see a trans person using a restroom that doesn’t match the genitalia

lmao what??? how would you even know about that?

Done

bro i was born here, you’re right why would i? i didn’t, fuck this shithole

Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound so rude. It was just a misunderstanding

Aren’t most Lemmy instances ran in Europe, anyway? At most they’ll just block them, right?

Haven’t heard of them till now, not necessarily my hobby but i’ll think of it as a backup, thank you.

Can’t have shit in Saudi, not even Lemmy 😤

Yes, it’s a WIP for me, but i’m improving my rust and OCaml skills, but they have a struggling job market.

Wait till you hear about this!

You underestimate how bigoted the average Gulf Arab is, I’d need to do it to everyone 😅

The average gulf Arab is a competitive racist. Especially with Jews 😂

Thank you, that makes me hopeful. ❤️

I plan on trying to apply for asylum somewhere. There’s a lot of useful information for saudi dissidents on a forum that i won’t mention the name of, but from it my choices are: Canada, Australia, UK, America, France, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Ireland.

All of these, i’d give a kidney to be in anyway. But if i’ll make this once in a lifetime choice, i might as well choose what’s best for me. A big problem is finance and racism. The western world isn’t friendly to Arabs from what i’ve seen, so i’d probably need to lay low.

I used to want to go to Germany, but this ominous message on the forum made me think twice. They leave it at that, but it’s unsettling to me.

That’s what i’m afraid of, too. Doing such risky things in the middle of the den of snakes. There isn’t much they can do to a visitors like your friend, but they can do what they please to “threats” and dissidents like me.