Three men sentenced to death for refusing to give way to 'insane' Saudi sci-fi megacity

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an 'insane' sci-fi megacity.The mega city project, called Neom, will be 75-miles long and is set to cost $1trn (£830bn). But both human rights and environmental campaigners have criticised its construction since it was first announced—and now it's clear why.Ataullah, Ibrahim and Shadli al-Howeiti were handed the death sentence last week after being jailed in 2020 for complaining about the project and opposing their eviction. READ NEXT: Hoverbike just like a Star Wars speeder gives humans 'free reign over the sky' According to a relative of the men, the three reportedly took part in a hunger strike in prison before being handed the death penalty.Alya Abutayah al-Howeiti, their relative, told the Telegraph: "For three months they did a hunger strike in the prison and the government tried to push them to get their passwords for Twitter, but they refused, so that led to a death sentence without any evidence of them.

Just to wipe the Al-Howeitat tribe from Neom."The Neom project is set to be completed by 2030, and will apparently feature flying cars, a ski resort, and tons of AI-powered robots to serve residents.Nicknamed the 'Mirror Line', the city will have an entirely mirror-covered exterior and feature 1,600-foot-tall buildings that run alongside one another.

Residents will be able to pay a subscription to get three meals a day.The death sentence handed to the tribesmen is a brutal reminder of the damaging consequences that billion-dollar vanity projects such as this have on local residents.