Salma al-Shehab, Saudi activist, sentenced to 34 years for tweeting - The Washington Post

Salma al-Shehab was initially sentenced to six years for her tweets, but the counterterrorism court increased the penalty to 34 years when she appealed.

Comment on this story BEIRUT Saudi Arabia quietly sentenced a woman last week to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, marking the longest Saudi sentence everfor a peaceful activist and laun… [+6390 chars]

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