{"id":1612833,"date":"2022-08-18T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1612833"},"modified":"2022-08-18T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:53:53","slug":"saudi-woman-sentenced-to-34-years-for-twitter-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-woman-sentenced-to-34-years-for-twitter-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years for Twitter posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsaudi-woman-sentenced-to-34-years-for-twitter-posts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1612833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2739121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2739121\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2739121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SUAIDWOMAN.jpeg\" alt=\"In this frame grab from Saudi state television footage, doctoral student and women&#039;s rights advocate Salma al-Shehab speaks to a journalist at the Riyadh International Book Fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in March 2014. A Saudi court has sentenced al-Shehab to 34 years in prison for spreading \" rumors \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2739121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this frame grab from Saudi state television footage, doctoral student and women\u2019s rights advocate Salma al-Shehab speaks to a journalist at the Riyadh International Book Fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in March 2014. A Saudi court has sentenced al-Shehab to 34 years in prison for spreading \u201crumors\u201d on Twitter and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation. (Saudi state television via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:49 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 18, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>A Saudi woman is sentenced to more than three decades in prison, which is the longest sentence ever for a peaceful activist. Last week, 33-year-old Salma al-Ahehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison because of her tweets that were critical of the way women are treated in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi government alleged she used her social media platform to \u201cdisrupt public order\u201d and \u201cundermine the stability of the state.\u201d The US State Department condemned her arrest and said freedom of expression should never be criminalized.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cFreedom of expression is a principle that we stand up for around the world any time, any government, anywhere tramples on such a principle, we speak out and we seek to defend that fundamental right,\u201d said State Department spokesman Ned Price.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Court documents cited that \u201cby following their social media accounts and rebroadcasting their tweets,\u201d Salma al-Ahehab allegedly supported persecuted individuals. The Saudi government has insisted that her actions are an effort to undermine the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter! Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists \u2013 The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights condemned Shehab\u2019s sentence <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WdMgMf4bMz\">https:\/\/t.co\/WdMgMf4bMz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0nTEny3k4\">pic.twitter.com\/Q0nTEny3k4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Roussos (@baphometx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baphometx\/status\/1559669482716626955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Human rights organizations have said the sentence is \u201cunprecedented\u201d and \u201cunfair.\u201d In addition to the prison sentence, Shehab is forced to shut down her Twitter account and faces a 34 year travel ban, which goes into effect upon her release.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/desantis-campaigning-for-trump-backed-candidates\/\">DeSantis Campaigning For Trump-Backed Candidates<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this frame grab from Saudi state television footage, doctoral student and women\u2019s rights advocate Salma al-Shehab speaks to a journalist at the Riyadh International Book Fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in March 2014. 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