What does it mean in other words?
when authorities and ordinary people around the world question their sordid record on the use of the death penalty

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Beheading or otherwise executing dozens of people in a single day would mark a dizzying descent to yet another outrageous low for Saudi Arabia, whose authorities have continued to show stone-faced cynicism and even open defiance when authorities and ordinary people around the world question their sordid record on the use of the death penalty”, he said.

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What does it mean in other words?
when authorities and ordinary people around the world question their sordid record on the use of the death penalty

THE CONTEXT: .

Beheading or otherwise executing dozens of people in a single day would mark a dizzying descent to yet another outrageous low for Saudi Arabia, whose authorities have continued to show stone-faced cynicism and even open defiance when authorities and ordinary people around the world question their sordid record on the use of the death penalty”, he said.

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When people from outside of Suadi Arabia (KSA) question their use of the death penalty and human rights violations, the problems actually gets worse for people inside KSA.

Cynicism means someone believes others only care about their own self interests. When people question the actions inside KSA, KSA's leaders believe they are cynics, that they do not truly care. When authorities from outside KSA tell them they must stop what they are doing, KSA's leaders defy them. World leaders telling KSA they cannot use the death penalty actually leads to them using it more often.

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