Netflix has taken down an episode of a satirical comedy show critical of Saudi Arabia in the country after officials from the kingdom complained, sparking criticism from Human Rights Watch, which said the act undermined the streaming service’s “claim to support artistic freedom”.
It comes three months after the brutal killing of the Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi – which US senators have blamed on the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman – and as the war in Yemen continues to devastate the country.
The American comedian Hasan Minhaj was critical of the Saudi heir in an episode of the standup show Patriot Act, delivering a wide-ranging monologue mocking the Saudis’ evolving account of what happened inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul in October, when the journalist was killed.
“The Saudis were struggling to explain his disappearance: they said he left the consulate safely, then they used a body double to make it seem like he was alive,” Minhaj, an American-born Muslim of Indian descent, said. “At one point they were saying he died in a fist fight, Jackie Chan-style. They went through so many explanations. The only one they didn’t say was that Khashoggi died in a free solo rock-climbing accident.”
He went on to specifically criticise Prince Mohammed, “examining the connection” between the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen and the starvation and destruction that has unfolded in the Gulf state since 2015. Saudi Arabia has been condemned within the UN for the widespread bombing of civilian areas.
Fired NF last year and never regretted getting rid of and “defunding” that agent of the enemy.
NetWHAT? Sorry, I don’t do Pix for Perverts, ask some Democrat instead…
This always begs the question: What else will they ban and censor?
Welcome to the New Communism of Political Correctness!
Hey, maybe they can jump on the Google bandwagon and help the Shari’a “religious” police out by collecting information on who DARES offend against Islam by watching forbidden programs.
…don’t be surprised if it happens, the Google app is just the START of tech companies helping 7th century barbarians murder more efficiently in the name of the pedophile…
@TRF January 2, 2019 at 7:38 am
> Welcome to the New Communism of Political Correctness!
It is not “communism”, comrade! Today it is “progressivism”, my fellow traveler.
@Supernightshade January 2, 2019 at 7:47 am
> Hey, maybe they can jump on the Google bandwagon and help the Shari’a “religious” police out by collecting information on who DARES offend against Islam by watching forbidden programs.
Too late. Too, too, very, very… late.
You know who your true masters are by whom you’re not allowed to offend. The ragheads and Chicoms basically own the US’s media and political establishment. No doubt about it.
The war in Yemen is between Sunnis and Shiites. Let them kill each other.
Yet as long as Michelle Wolf and Sacha Baron Cohen breathe they are always welcome.