MAKHUDU SEFARA | This is how you press a prince’s buttons: simple words

Our leaders need to accept that criticism comes with the territory, instead organising marches when they’re called out in the media

08 September 2022 - 22:18

Who would have thought a few words on Twitter could get you jailed for 45 years? It’s not something that happens everywhere, except that kingdom run by King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the 37-year-old de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia...

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