Saudi Arabia Orders Media Blackout on Soaring Poverty
Friday, 03 February 2012 08:50

'The Saudi government has warned the country's media outlets not to focus on a story on the escalating rate of poverty in the oil-rich kingdom.
Activists have obtained a copy of a letter signed from the Saudi Media Ministry to all news outlets, which strictly bans them from focusing on a story about a poor man who had to sell his son. The man, identified as Saud bin Nasser Al Shahry, reportedly attempted to sell his son on Facebook for the bargain price of USD 20 million.'
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