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Opinion | How the U.S. enabled Saudi Arabia's execution of 81 people

Mar 18, 2022 View Original Article
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    -40% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    48% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -4% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : While it is an oversimplification to equate Shia Muslims with Iran, the country did suspend key diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia the day after the executions.
40% : Despite the incendiary rhetoric that the government used to justify these executions, many charges didn't merit the death penalty under Saudi law and often didn't even merit arrest.
38% : Instead, they could further destabilize the region and inflame tensions with Iran, as 41 of the men who were executed are believed to have been members of Saudi Arabia's minority Shia community.
33% : The United Nations and human rights advocates have widely criticized this law as being politicized and lacking in fundamental due process rights.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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