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Saudi Man Gets 10 Years for Tweets

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Expressing his atheism.

A Saudi man has received 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes as punishment for expressing his atheism on Twitter. Al-Watan online daily reported Saturday that police in charges of monitoring social networks found more than 600 tweets expressing anti-Islamic sentiments and, for example, ridiculing Quranic verses. The report said the 28-year-old admitted his atheism and refused to repent.

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