Saudi Arabia imprisons 3 lawyers for criticizing judiciary

Three lawyers in Saudi Arabia have been handed prison sentences of up to eight years for criticizing the country’s judiciary on social media.

Saudi news agency reported that a court in Riyadh found the lawyers guilty of “disobeying the ruler” and slandering the justice system.

The lawyers used tweets on social media to criticize the monarchy’s judicial system, describing it as “retarded”.

The court banned the activists from traveling for several years and “from appearing in the media or writing in it, and through social media whatsoever, even under different IDs/names.”

Saudi officials have refused to identify the accused or give further details about what they wrote.