A Saudi PhD student at Leeds University who was given a 34-year jail sentence for posts on X has been freed, according to campaigners.
Mother-of-two Salma al-Shehab was arrested in January 2021 just days before her planned return from holiday in Saudi Arabia, due to posts on the site, formerly known as Twitter, in support of women’s rights. Judges said the posts were "disturbing public order" and "destabilising the social fabric".
