Banned! This marvel movie must not be in Saudi

According to HollywooReporter , the continuation of Doctor Strange must not run into Saudi Arabia . This should also apply to Kuwait, although this has not yet been officially confirmed. The reason for the ban should be that a homosexual character will appear in the sequel called " Doctor Strange in the multiverse of Madness . This is the character America Chavez, played by Xochtil Gomez. Actually, the film should have been published in Saudi Arabia as part of the global publication on May 5.

• previous film censorship in Saudi Arabia
• human rights in Saudi Arabia

previous film censorship in Saudi Arabia

The second Doctor Strange film is by no means the first film, which has to deal with such problems in Saudi Arabia or other countries in this region. So there was no publication of the new edition of "West Side Story" in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. In the film by Stephen Spielberg, among other things, a transperson appears, apparently a no-go for the local authorities.

Disney did not adjust the material, accordingly there is no release in the states mentioned. The film Eternals also had no publication in Saudi Arabia, the Oman and Bahrain. This time it was apparently the reason that two homosexual people can be seen in the film who kiss, among other things. After no adjustment was made in this case either, there was no publication.

human rights in Saudi Arabia

In terms of human rights, states such as Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia in particular have a very questionable reputation and are therefore often criticized. For example, 81 men in Saudi Arabia were only executed in March 2022. Since homosexuality is classified as illegally in Saudi Arabia, among other things, and punished accordingly, it is not necessarily surprising that the authorities there have no particularly great interest in the representation of LGBTQIA+person.

The support of movements which rights of LGBTQIA+person want to strengthen can also bring legal consequences. For example, the Jemenian blogger Mohamad al-Bokari was sentenced to ten months in prison in the summer of 2020, including a fine after he had expressed a positive right in an online video.

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