Saudi PhD student freed after being jailed over posts, activists say
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Lawyer in Saudi trans student's suicide note had embassy links, BBC finds
Eden Knight had wanted a new life in the US but was persuaded home, according to her final X post.BBC News - 6h -
Saudi authorities free student sentenced to 34 years for tweets, activists say
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Woman confronted PhD student over alleged rape
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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 ...The Guardian - 17h -
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Cyprus jails Syrian man over the death of a 3-year-old girl on overloaded migrant boat
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