As Newcastle fans toast anniversary of ownership, Saudi Arabia sentences three men to DEATH

Saudi Arabia has sentenced three men to death for refusing to leave their homes to make way for a futuristic £440 billion megacity that will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games.

The news comes the same week that Newcastle fans celebrated the one-year anniversary of the club’s takeover by the state-backed and state-run Public Investment Fund.

The new megacity, Neom, was awarded the Asian Winter Games on Tuesday, and the venue is not expected to be built until 2026. The award of the Games has already received fierce criticism from Greenpeace, among others.

Trojena is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Neom project under the Saudi Kingdom’s Vision 2030 development plan, which aims to reduce the country’s dependence on oil and transform their economy, including by developing sports in the country.

Bin Salam, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, is chairman of the Public Investment Fund, which owns Newcastle.

As reported by middle eastern eyethree members of the Howeitat tribe have been sentenced to death.

The news comes on the one-year anniversary of Newcastle’s state-backed property

Trojena is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Neom project under the Saudi Kingdom’s Vision 2030 development plan, which aims to reduce the country’s dependence on oil

Shadli, Atallah and Ibrahim al-Howeiti were arrested in 2020 for resisting the eviction of their tribe for the project.

They were sentenced to death on October 2 by the specialized criminal court of Saudi Arabia.

People of Howeitat tribes have reported an escalation of authorities trying to evict them from their land to make room for the project.

Trojena is a planned mountain resort in the desert that is expected to be built in 2026

In August, Abdulilah al-Howeiti and Abdullah Dukhail al-Howeiti were sentenced to 50 years in prison and a 50-year travel ban after supporting their family’s refusal to be expelled from Tabuk.

In addition, Salma al-Shehab and Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani were sentenced to 34 years and 45 years respectively after criticizing the Saudi government on Twitter.

Osama Khaled was sentenced to 32 years in prison for ‘charges involving the right to free speech’.

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Public Investment Fund of the Governor of Saudi Arabia, is the non-executive chairman of Newcastle

Trojena, the city of Neom, is a planned mountain resort to be completed by 2026.

The future tourist resort will include the Gulf’s first-ever open-air ski resort, a man-made freshwater lake, nature reserve and is expected to be powered by renewable energy.

The Asian Winter Games include skiing, snowboarding, ice hockey and figure skating events with a total of 47 events, 28 of which are on snow and ten on ice.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has an 80 percent stake in Newcastle.

Since the takeover, there have been significant changes at Newcastle, with Eddie Howe appointed as manager, while major purchases have been made for the big bucks, such as Alexander Isak and Sven Botman.

Newcastle, who are currently seventh in the Premier League, are expected to move on for the foreseeable future if they want to challenge the incumbent Big Six.

Since the Saudi takeover, Newcastle has made high profile acquisitions such as Alexander Isak