RIYADH – A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for social media posts, a rights group said, in the latest example of a crackdown on women activists that followed a visit by US President Joe Biden to the kingdom. Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani was convicted 'likely within last week' by the Saudi Specialised Criminal...
The flag of Saudi Arabia above the Saudi Arabia embassy near the Watergate Complex in Washington, US, on Feb 26, 2021.RIYADH – A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for social media posts, a rights group said, in the latest example of a crackdown on women activists that followed a visit by US President Joe Biden to the kingdom.
Qahtani's conviction came a few weeks after Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and doctoral candidate at the University of Leeds in Britain, was sentenced to 35 years in jail for following and retweeting dissidents and activists on Twitter. Washington said last week it had raised "significant concerns" with Saudi Arabia over Shehab's sentencing, which included a 34-year travel ban for her tweets.
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