Salma al-Shehab Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/salma-al-shehab/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:07:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Salma al-Shehab Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/salma-al-shehab/ 32 32 59910430 UPDATE: Salma al-Shehab released from Saudi Arabian jail https://concernedscientists.org/2025/02/update-salma-al-shehab-released-from-saudi-arabian-jail/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:55:19 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10500 Leeds University PhD student Salma al-Shehab was imprisoned in 2021 and sentenced to serve 34 years in prison after retweeting some posts that were disliked by the government. She has been released and reunited with her family. Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 on holiday in Saudi Arabia after posting tweets supporting women’s rights. Continue […]

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]]> 10500 Saudi Arabia Sentences Leeds University Student to 34 Years in Prison for Using Twitter https://concernedscientists.org/2022/08/saudi-arabia-sentences-leeds-university-student-to-34-years-in-prison-for-using-twitter/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:28:48 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9636 Upon visiting Saudi Arabia on vacation, Leeds University PhD student and mother of two children, Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 for allegedly re-tweeting some posts that were disliked by the government. She was initially sentenced to three years, but this past month an Appeals Court sentenced her to 34 years in prison followed by […]

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