Doctoral student freed after sentence reduction in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University in Britain, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, ...
Leeds Student Jailed In Saudi Arabia For 34 Years Over Tweets Is Released
A Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University in Britain has been freed after seeing her 34-year sentence in Saudi Arabia for ...
Esports Olympics to debut in Saudi Arabia later than expected in 2027
LAUSANNE – The first Olympic Esports Games will be hosted in Riyadh in 2027, two years later than expected when a 12-year deal with Saudi Arabia was signed last year. The International Olympic ...
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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 ...
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Saudi Authorities Free Doctoral Student Initially Sentenced to 34 Years for Tweets, Activists Say
Al-Shehab was detained during a family vacation on Jan. 15, 2021, just days before she planned to return to the United ...
Saudi Authorities Release Doctoral Student Sentenced to 34 Years for Tweets
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 crackdown on dissent in the kingdom as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ...
Saudi PhD student jailed over online posts released, activists say
A Saudi PhD student at the University of Leeds has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia after her sentence over critical ...
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Saudi Arabia Is Still One of the Most Repressive Countries
Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization. In reality, the Saudi kingdom remains unflinchingly authoritarian, ...