The idea was to move there with her husband, who was an anaesthiologist. Despite loving him dearly and trusting him implicitly she turned down the financially lucrative offer when she discovered that any time she wanted to leave the country she'd have to have a letter signed by him giving his permission. The risk was low but the stakes were far too high.
Does this clause apply to visitors / non-native citizens / non-muslims also? I thought it only applied to native saudi's from that Saud[1] dude's bloodline.
Not trolling, really don't know.
I would take that than say 1 day in a mexican prison run by the drug cartel
That's because prosecutors in Japan and other countries generally go after "sure" cases.
Canada has a 97% conviction. US has a 93% conviction rate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate
> Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan, seems to have just discovered it: He will be interrogated for 12 days. I would never go to such countries.
At least he'll get court case rather than disappearing in a japanese embassy.
Japan has its problem but it's absurd to compare it to the horrors in the middle east.
In current case, it seems journalists are keeping most details under the wraps. Only thing I can get is that the guy was doing some kind of study on security changes that occurred after Arab spring. He should have known that the topic of rebellion would be big hot potato in any monarchy and the country-wide security study adds lot of fire on the top. The right way to do this would be take permission from the local government, inform them things you will be collecting and make sure embassy works with you on this. There is no information on whether this happened.
Finally, why should any one visit such countries? World is not perfect but is wonderful. Human rights and individual freedom are relatively new things and just 300 years ago doing some study like this even in Western country would have same predicament. It is still important to experience and understand different cultures, points of views and communicate yours to others. That is the essence of travelling the world.
My "wife" of 12 years is common-law because we don't believe in marriage, I'm not going to risk our lives because they don't respect that.
I'm not saying don't travel to Islamic countries, I'm saying don't travel somewhere you can get royally fucked for something minor.
International spying in this case? I'm not sure thats a minor infraction
In this case I still don’t see what warrants a life sentence.