Saudi woman jailed for 45 years for social media posts

[Still Waters]

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for her social media posts, in the second case of its kind this month, activists say.

A terrorism court convicted Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani of "using the internet to tear the social fabric" and "violating public order by using social media", rights group Dawn reported.

Little is known about her other than that she criticised Saudi leaders.

Another woman was jailed for 34 years over her Twitter activity on 9 August.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-62736118

https://dawnmena.org/saudi-arabia-government-sentences-woman-to-45-years-for-her-tweets/

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[Alchopwn]

This is a symptom of how insecure the Saudi Monarchy is at the moment.  Wobbly...

[Abramelin]

On 9/2/2022 at 5:46 PM, Still Waters said:

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for her social media posts, in the second case of its kind this month, activists say.

A terrorism court convicted Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani of "using the internet to tear the social fabric" and "violating public order by using social media", rights group Dawn reported.

Little is known about her other than that she criticised Saudi leaders.

Another woman was jailed for 34 years over her Twitter activity on 9 August.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-62736118

https://dawnmena.org/saudi-arabia-government-sentences-woman-to-45-years-for-her-tweets/

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"Mr Alaoudh warned that it was "impossible not to connect the dots" between US President Joe Biden's controversial meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed in Jeddah last month and "the uptick in the repressive attacks".

Mr Biden had previously vowed to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah" over its human rights record."