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Saudi Arabia: Freedom House Praises Salma al-Shehab’s Release, Calls for Further Action
Al-Shehab was arbitrarily detained in 2021 and unfairly sentenced to 34 years in prison for her social media activity.
devdiscourse2d
Saudi Twitter Freedom: The Controversial Release of Salma al-Shehab
Shehab, a Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University, was released after her 34-year sentence for Twitter activity was reduced. She had been targeted during a Saudi crackdown on dissent under Crown ...
Milford Mirror2d
Saudi authorities free doctoral student initially sentenced to 34 years for tweets, activists say
Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two, had been sentenced to 34 years in prison back in 2022 over her tweets, part of a wider ...
Saudi Arabia, in swift response to Trump, says no ties with Israel without Palestinian state
Saudi Arabia said it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state, contradicting ...
MiddleEasy7d
Sean Strickland Slams UFC’s ‘Buddy Buddy’ Relationship with Saudi Arabia Calling Them ‘9/11 Guys’
Sean Strickland shares a blunt take on UFC’s Saudi Arabia connection, raising eyebrows with his usual no-holds-barred ...
Jamal Khashoggi’s widow says FIFA should commemorate him at Saudi Arabia World Cup
They could name a stand in a stadium after him, or print his picture on tickets for the public. His sacrifice should be ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency7d
US religious freedom commission leaves Saudi Arabia after rabbi co-chair is told to remove his kippah
(JTA) — A U.S. government delegation tasked with monitoring religious freedom around the world cut a visit to Saudi Arabia short after Saudi officials demanded that a prominent rabbi on the trip ...