A Leeds University student who returned to Saudi Arabia for a holiday has been jailed for 34 years for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissident activists.
Salma al-Shehab, 34, posted tweets calling for women's rights in Saudi Arabia. The tweets led to her being accused of using Twitter to 'cause public unrest and destabilise civil and national security.'
The mum-of-two was initially sentenced to six years in jail, but her sentence was increased to 34 years at a Saudi terrorism court on Monday (August 15) after the activist appealed her sentence. She will also face a 34-year travel ban upon her release.
