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In a precedent, the Saudi prosecution calls for the beheading of female human rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgham

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  1. [6]
    Soptik
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    Could you please delete this topic and repost it without capslock?

    Could you please delete this topic and repost it without capslock?

    12 votes
    1. [5]
      Neverland
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      I’ve done this as well, just copying and pasting the actual article title like this one. Here is a decent tool for this scenario: https://titlecase.com @Deimos, is this something that could or...

      I’ve done this as well, just copying and pasting the actual article title like this one.

      Here is a decent tool for this scenario: https://titlecase.com

      @Deimos, is this something that could or should be automated?

      7 votes
      1. [4]
        Deimos
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        Sure, it probably could be. I don't know if there's ever a time when an all-capslock title makes sense.

        Sure, it probably could be. I don't know if there's ever a time when an all-capslock title makes sense.

        8 votes
        1. [2]
          BuckeyeSundae
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          The only case I can see is some weird fringe case like a band whose name is all caps and a song that is all caps. Even then, I imagine you could implement this to exclude the music/creative tildes.

          The only case I can see is some weird fringe case like a band whose name is all caps and a song that is all caps. Even then, I imagine you could implement this to exclude the music/creative tildes.

          5 votes
          1. Algernon_Asimov
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            What about initialisms/acronyms such as "FBI", "NATO", "BBC", "ROM", "MMORPG", "USB", and so on? :P

            What about initialisms/acronyms such as "FBI", "NATO", "BBC", "ROM", "MMORPG", "USB", and so on? :P

            1 vote
        2. Algernon_Asimov
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          Maybe not the whole title, but there are definitely going to be times where titles contain initialisms and acronyms, such as "FBI", "NATO", "BBC", "ROM", "MMORPG", "USB", and so on.

          Maybe not the whole title, but there are definitely going to be times where titles contain initialisms and acronyms, such as "FBI", "NATO", "BBC", "ROM", "MMORPG", "USB", and so on.

          3 votes
  2. [4]
    EightRoundsRapid
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    I'm reasonably convinced this is the much talked of Fake News. It's based on a now deleted PressTV article, and is not being reported anywhere, save here, and a very new blog with an Iranian...

    I'm reasonably convinced this is the much talked of Fake News. It's based on a now deleted PressTV article, and is not being reported anywhere, save here, and a very new blog with an Iranian address that now seems inaccessible.

    Ed: this is the only other place reporting it, and credits press TV as its source

    https://www.yjc.ir/en/news/27612/saudi-arabia-beheads-female-activist-in-public-report

    8 votes
    1. [3]
      Gecko
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      Article has also been deleted now and the link 404s.

      Article has also been deleted now and the link 404s.

      4 votes
      1. [2]
        EightRoundsRapid
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        I added a "404 not found" tag. Hopefully that's enough, although it'd be nice if OP deleted it.

        I added a "404 not found" tag. Hopefully that's enough, although it'd be nice if OP deleted it.

        4 votes
        1. Algernon_Asimov
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          I'd be more explicit: "article deleted". I thought "404 not found" was some kind of joke or meta-reference that I didn't get.

          I'd be more explicit: "article deleted". I thought "404 not found" was some kind of joke or meta-reference that I didn't get.

          3 votes
  3. patience_limited
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    I checked to see if this had come up on Amnesty International's site yet - a group of imprisoned womens' rights activists has been listed, but not this specific case. Latest news from Saudi Arabia...

    I checked to see if this had come up on Amnesty International's site yet - a group of imprisoned womens' rights activists has been listed, but not this specific case. Latest news from Saudi Arabia dates from May 19: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/saudi-arabia-chilling-smear-campaign-tries-to-discredit-loujain-al-hathloul-and-other-detained-womens-rights-defenders

    It's unbelievable that their cases are being tried as "treason". Hopefully, Al-Ghomgam's case is going to get wider media attention quickly.

    4 votes
  4. [4]
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      Soptik
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      Oil. USA just cannot afford to loose one of it's biggest providers of oil. Everything, including human rights, go aside when oil is the question. Oil crisis 1973

      I cant believe the USA is letting this go uncontested

      Oil. USA just cannot afford to loose one of it's biggest providers of oil. Everything, including human rights, go aside when oil is the question.

      Oil crisis 1973

      7 votes
      1. EightRoundsRapid
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        They are also a valued customer of the US and the British "defence industry".

        They are also a valued customer of the US and the British "defence industry".

        7 votes