The Saudi Doctoral Student at the University of Leeds was released from the Saudi Arabia prison after its punishment over the crime social media was reduced, activists said.
Salma Al-Shehab, a 36-year-old mother two, was arrested in 2021. years while on vacation in the Gulf Kingdom.
He later closed the terrorist judgment for six years, supposedly “disturbing public order” and “destabilizing social fabrics” due to calls calling for reforms and edition of activists.
The sentence was increased to 34 years before it was reduced twice – first to 27 years, and then four years with an additional four years suspended. There was no immediate confirmation from Saudi authorities.
Shehab’s edition The first reported Alqst, Saudi Group based on Saudi Britain, who said that “four years of arbitrary prison based on its peaceful activism”.
“Her full freedom must now be granted, including the right to travel to finish the studies at Lands University,” he added.
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Ravan Saudi Arabia survives a wide range of disagreements, in the last eight years, with peaceful critics on social media or even the terrorist courts are said unjust.
Shehab, a dental hygienist and medical educator who was in the last school of medicine at the Leeds University, published or responded to the reforms and release of prominent activists, cleric and other intellectuals before traveling the kingdom five years ago.
One post praised as “prisoners of the conscience” group of leading activists for women’s rights that were detained directly before the driving ban was abolished in 2018. years and were later convicted of crimes against the state.
Researcher in the Middle East Amnesty International, he said that Shehab was convicted of terrorism charges “just because Tweet formed women’s rights and passed the anti-tank for women in Saudi women.”
“While today is a day for the celebration of Salme, it is also an opportunity to think about many others who serve similar long-term sentences in Saudi Arabia for their online activities,” she added.
“It includes other women like Managel Al-Otaibia, and Nourah Al-Qahtani, closed to talk about women’s rights, and Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, was imprisoned for satirical tweets.”
The BBC contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saudi and the University of Leeds for comment.
2025-02-10 19:19:00
