Monday, October 3, 2022
Penalties for practicing racism on social media could fine 500,000 riyals and 1 year in Prison
The Legal Advisor, Abdul Malik Al Habib revealed that the penalty for practicing racism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through social networking sites. Follow Saudi Expatriates on Google News
Al-Habib, while speaking in a program broadcast on the Gulf Rotana channel added that, committing racism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through social media amounts to a fine of 500,000 riyals and imprisonment for a year.
- Regarding the practice of racism in schools, he said, schools are subject to a code of conduct set by the Ministry of Education. As for racism in work and abuse of power, there are strict penalties in the Work system. Trending : Online frauds fine in Saudi Arabia could reach up to 5 million riyals
- The legal advisor added that discouraging acts from the beginning requires impressing religious values in the child and raising awareness of feeling for the poor and charity.
- The Lawyer and legal advisor, Abdullah bin Tariq Al-Habib revealed the difference between racism and verbal abuse. During a program on the Gulf Rotana channel, every verbal abuse is not considered in racism, but every racism can be considered as psychological abuse.
- He clarified that ordinary insults like describing a person as bad are not considered a form of racism, pointing out that racism consists in calibrating a person with his color, race, lineage or something like that. Most Viewed : Saudi Arabia reminds of the penalties of Human Trafficking
- The penalties for racism differ from one country to another, but Saudi Arabia has put in strict laws to confront racism.
