Posted on Aug 25, 2022
Newshour - Saudi woman jailed for 34 years for using Twitter - BBC Sounds
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A US-based human rights group says that a terrorism court in Saudi Arabia has jailed a women's rights activist for 34 years over comments she posted on Twitter calling for reform inside the Kingdom.
The Freedom Initiative says Salma al-Shehab's sentence is the longest given to a women's rights advocate in the country.
Bethany Alhaidari is the Saudi case manager from the Freedom Initiative and she told Newshour's Razia Iqbal more about Ms al-Shehab, a PhD student at Leeds University.
The Freedom Initiative says Salma al-Shehab's sentence is the longest given to a women's rights advocate in the country.
Bethany Alhaidari is the Saudi case manager from the Freedom Initiative and she told Newshour's Razia Iqbal more about Ms al-Shehab, a PhD student at Leeds University.
Newshour - Saudi woman jailed for 34 years for using Twitter - BBC Sounds
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We are slowly moving in that direction unless we get the religious fanatics in our country under control......again.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Who is Salma Al-Shehab and why has she been jailed?
Leeds University has expressed deep concern for one of its PhD students who has been jailed for 34 years in Saudi Arabia over critical tweets. Salma al-Shehab, 34, a Saudi citizen and mother of two, was arrested in 2021 while on holiday in the kingdom. Before the trip she had called for reforms and the release of activists."
"Who is Salma Al-Shehab and why has she been jailed?
Leeds University has expressed deep concern for one of its PhD students who has been jailed for 34 years in Saudi Arabia over critical tweets. Salma al-Shehab, 34, a Saudi citizen and mother of two, was arrested in 2021 while on holiday in the kingdom. Before the trip she had called for reforms and the release of activists."
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