Saudi Doctoral Student Gets 34 Years in Prison Over Critical Tweets
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Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student and women’s rights advocate to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumors” on Twitter and retweeting dissidents.
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By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Saudi women’s rights campaigner Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Monday for her activity on Twitter, according to court documents viewed by CNN. Al-Shehab, 33, was also banned from traveling outside of Saudi Arabia for another 34 years.
Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student and women’s rights advocate to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumors” on Twitter and retweeting dissidents.
Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and a researcher at Leeds University in Britain, shocking even by Saudi standards of justice
Human rights groups say the case of Salma al-Shehab, a 34-year-old mother of two, shows the situation for women's rights in the kingdom "is not improving, but getting worse by the day."
