Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released
Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 during holiday in Saudi Arabia
A Saudi student at Leeds University who was sentenced to 34 years in prison over her use of Twitter, now X, has been released after her sentence was dramatically reduced.
Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two who was arrested in 2021 during a holiday in Saudi Arabia, was convicted in 2022 over her tweets.
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