A Saudi woman, Salma al Shehab, has been sentenced to 34 years in prison in the country for her messages on Twitter, in the longest sentence imposed so far in the Desert Kingdom for expressing opinions “peacefully”, regional defense organizations have denounced. from the human rights.
“On August 9, the Specialized Criminal Court of Appeal issued a sentence of 34 years in prison against her, in addition to prohibiting her from traveling abroad for a similar period after serving her sentence,” the Gulf Center for Human Rights said in a statement. Humans (GCDH). “This unjust sentence has to do only with her peaceful and civilized activities on Twitter,” added the NGO.
The GCDH highlighted that this is the “harshest sentence that a peaceful activist has ever received” in Saudi Arabia, where Twitter users and other users of social networks are regularly sentenced for expressing their ideas on them.
This organization indicated that Al Shehab, 34, used his Twitter account “in particular to show his belief in the justice of the Palestinian cause and to defend prisoners of conscience.” In addition, she regularly tweeted messages in favor of equal rights for women in Saudi Arabia.
The United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) declared in unison this Friday their rejection of the 34-year prison sentence handed down against Shehab for expressing her opinion on social media about the human rights situation. in the country.
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