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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released

Salma al-Shehab
Salma Al-Shehab was detained during a family holiday on 15 January 2021, days before she planned to return to the UK. Photograph: Amnesty International

Campaigners have welcomed the release of a Saudi PhD student at Leeds University who was sentenced to 34 years in prison for posting tweets in support of women’s rights.

Salma al-Shehab, 36, is understood to have left the prison in Saudi Arabia where she was being held and has been reunited with her two young children.

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