A Saudi woman who used her Twitter account to retweet activists and share articles supporting the right of women to drive was given a 34-year prison term.
Salma al-Shehab was detained in January 2021 after returning to Saudi Arabia for a vacation. She was a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in the UK.
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Shehab was initially given a six-year sentence for using social media to “disturb public order and destabilize the security and stability of the state” after reposting tweets from Saudi activists calling for the release of political prisoners in the kingdom who were living in exile.
