Elaheh Khayyat: you stand up to Riyadh

"Once again, the spotlight is on Saudi Arabia for all the wrong reasons. This time, the kingdom is attracting criticism for condemning a self-styled psychic to death on the vague charge of "witchcraft". Ali Sibat, who is Lebanese, was arrested by Saudi Arabia's notorious moral police at his hotel room in Medina on May 7 last year, while in town for a pilgrimage. After languishing in jail for a year and a half, he was sentenced to death in November for reportedly practising witchcraft. His lawyer has said Sibat was told that if he confessed to witchcraft, he would be released and allowed to return home." But what bothered me about this piece is that the writer is asking Lebanon to stand up to Riyadh and yet he calls himself a human rights activist (and journalist) and yet is hiding behind a pen name. Consistency, Mr. Khayyat. Consistency. (thanks Sarah)