[72506] Harsh criticism on social media following reports regarding the Royal Court
[72506] Harsh criticism on social media following reports regarding the Royal Court
Social media users are posting defamatory remarks against a figure alleged to have collaborated with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and betrayed the Yemeni people.
Harsh attack on social media against a political figure
Intense criticism is mounting on social media directed at a personality, whose identity was not explicitly detailed but linked to the context of the "Royal Court" (#الديوان_الملكي). The critics are attacking the figure following allegations of loyalty to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and what was defined as betrayal of the Yemeni public.
According to EmadMubaid, an account presenting a sharp line of opposition to Saudi policy and involvement in Yemen, the figure in question "lived humiliated and died despicable and rejected." In a post that received 9,601 views, it was claimed that the same person was "loyal and submissive to the tyrant Ibn Salman and a traitor to the Yemeni people" as quoted in EmadMubaid.
Similar messages were also circulated by bintzahran1, who repeated the exact same phrasing. Both sources use traditional religious language to summarize the case, signing off their remarks with a prayer: "May God not test us and may He improve our end."
As of now, this is a one-sided discourse coming from critical accounts identified with opposition to the Saudi institutional narrative, using harsh expressions to denounce the deceased as someone who collaborated with external actors at the expense of Yemen's interests.