For Netflix, it is a Satire, for Saudi Arabia, a violation of the law. On the pressure of the Royal house in Riyadh, the streaming service picked up a Comedy from the program, the crown Prince Salman criticized.
Under the political pressure of the Royal house of Saudi Arabia, the US streaming service Netflix has taken an episode of a Comedy Show from the program. The company confirmed that the Episode in Saudi-not shown Arabia.
comedian Minhaj criticised in the result, crown Prince Salman.
In the episode titled “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” criticized the 33-year-old American comedian Minhaj in the Form of a Satire of the saudi Arabian crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, due to the assassination of the Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul. The military intervention of Saudi Arabia in the Yemen is a theme of the episode, which was seen in October for the first time in the United States.
“final call”
“We strongly support the world of artistic freedom and have the result only in Saudi Arabia pulled back after we receive a legally binding request” for compliance with local laws, said a Netflix spokeswoman.
Netflix, first due to a final request to be traded.
A report in the Financial Times that the streaming service responded to a statement by the information Ministry in Riyadh, according to which the Satire is in breach of a law on Cyber-crime. The Ministry was initially not for an opinion to be reached.
killing Khashoggis addressed
The government’s critics Khashoggi was on 2. October, in the Consulate of his country in Istanbul by saudi Arabian agents have been killed. The killing had worldwide caused quite a stir and diplomatic turmoil. The U.S. Senate designated in a Resolution of the saudi-Arabian crown Prince Mohammed as “responsible for the murder”. This denies involvement.
