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Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project.

One of them was subsequently shot and killed for protesting against eviction.

The Saudi government and Neom management refused to comment.

Neom, Saudi Arabia's $500bn (£399bn) eco-region, is part of its Saudi Vision 2030 strategy which aims to diversify the kingdom's economy away from oil.

Its flagship project, The Line, has been pitched as a car-free city, just 200m (656ft) wide and 170km (106 miles) long - though only 2.4km of the project is reportedly expected to be completed by 2030.

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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How long before tankies start protesting the Saudi colonialism?

Oh, they won't? Okay.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Liberals will never protest the murder of brown people

[–] Liz@midwest.social 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Both tankies and liberals would object to being conflated with each other.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Explain the difference between a liberal and a tankie.

hint; they're the same.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Please don‘t call it an eco-region just because these eco wrecking saudis do.

[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

You're saying creating a 100 mile long barrier with a mirrored surface that cooks everything around it and prevents wild life from reaching the sea isn't creating an eco-region?

[–] SrTobi@feddit.de 0 points 4 months ago

Wait? I thought they had killed the project or at least significantly reduced it in scope? Why still kill for it then?