Female Saudi activist gets record 34 years in prison for critical tweets

Salma al-Shehab: Saudi Arabia Sentences Woman to 34 Years in Prison for Opinion on Twitter

You're 34 years old. You are a mother of two young children. You're born in Saudi Arabia. The wrong country to unleash your freedom of expression. You live with authoritarianism and abuse. Also with discrimination and religious slavery. However, one day you set out to embark on a new course. You move away from your homeland and head to Leeds (United Kingdom) hoping to regain the wings that were once taken from you. Keep reading...

Doctoral student gets 34 years in prison for tweets

DUBAI (AP): A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumours” and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained on Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation. Activists...

Saudi woman gets 34 years in jail over Twitter use

RIYADH: A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, according to court documents seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday.The sentence issued against Salma al-Shehab — for aiding dissidents seeking to "disrupt public order" in the Middle Eastern kingdom — was handed down by the Saudi appeals court on August 9, the documents showed.Shehab, a PhD candidate at the United Kingdom's University…

Saudi doctoral student gets 34 years in prison for tweets - Jamaica Observer

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading "rumours" and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursd...

34 Years in Prison for Student in Saudi Arabia, for Tweets - Washington Hispanic

Un tribunal saudí condenó a una estudiante de doctorado a 34 años en prisión por difundir “rumores” y retuitear a disidentes, según documentos judiciales obtenidos el jueves, una decisión que ha suscitado una creciente condena mundial.Activistas y abogados consideran que la sentencia contra Salma al-Shehab, madre de dos hijos e investigadora en la Universidad de Leeds, en Gran Bretaña, es escandalosa incluso para los estándares de justicia saudí…

Saudi doctoral student gets 34 years in prison for tweets

Saudi court sentenced doctoral student Salma al-Shehab -- mother of two and researcher at Leeds University in Britain -- to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumors” and retweeting dissidents.