The United Nations human rights office urged Saudi authorities to quash Salma al-Shehab's conviction and 'release her immediately and unconditionally,' arguing that 'she should never have been arrested and charged in the first place for such conduct.'
The United Nations human rights office urged Saudi authorities to quash Salma al-Shehab's conviction and"release her immediately and unconditionally," arguing that"she should never have been arrested and charged in the first place for such conduct.
"We urge the Saudi authorities to quash her conviction and release her immediately and unconditionally," Throssell continued."She should never have been arrested and charged in the first place for such conduct.
Diana Semaan, Amnesty International's acting deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, similarlythe kingdom's authorities Thursday, declaring that"it is outrageous that Salma al-Shehab, a Ph.D. student and mother of two from Saudi Arabia's Shia minority, has been handed down such a cruel and unlawful punishment simply for using Twitter and retweeting activists who support women's rights.
According to Semaan,"Al-Shehab should never have been convicted in the first place, but to have her sentence increased from six to 34 years following an unfair trial shows that the authorities intend to use her to set an example amid their unrelenting crackdown on free speech."
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