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SAUDI ARABIA - PhD student sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets [University World News, August 2022]

Title:
PhD student sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets 
 
Author:
Brendan O’Malley  
 
Published:
University World News, 19 August 2022 
 
From the article:
"A PhD student at Leeds University in the United Kingdom, who is also a lecturer at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Saudi Arabia, received a 34-year prison sentence and a 34-year travel ban from the Specialized Criminal Court of Appeal in Saudi Arabia for peaceful activities on Twitter, according to human rights organisations."