Saudi Woman Given 34-Year Prison Sentence For Using Twitter

Updated : Sep 19, 2022 09:57
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A Saudi student at Leeds University has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account

34-year-old Salma al- Shehab has been punished for retweeting “pro-democracy” tweets Human rights activists have warned the move could embolden Saudi Arabia to escalate its crackdown on dissidents

UK’s foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has been urged to intervene in the case

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