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Saudi woman jailed for 45 years over social media use, says group

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 Repost from By Nick Quaz - August 30, 2022 thegaltimes   30 August 2022, nydailypaper  Tue 30 Aug 2022 , theguardian.  30 August 2022 middleeasteye   August 30, 2022 dawnmena Press Release Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Saudi woman sentenced to 45 years in prison over social media posts Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani has been convicted of 'using the internet to tear [Saudi Arabia's] social fabric', a rights group reveals Saudi woman jailed for 45 years for social media posts Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani jailed for ‘violation of public order’ Court convicted her of ‘using the internet to tear apart the Saudi social fabric’ Comes after Leeds student sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting dissidents   The Qahtani and Shehab cases underscored a crackdown on dissent driven by Prince Mohammed, the de facto Saudi ruler, though he favored reforms such as allowing women to drive and pushing projects to create jobs. Relatives of Saudi political prisoners initially hoped

Saudi Arabia: Activist Salma Al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years for tweets

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 Re-post news from  August 19, 2022 Human Rights Watch    23 August 2022  ifex  Thu 18 Aug 2022 theguardian (Beirut) – A Saudi appeals court in early August 2022 dramatically increased the prison sentence of a Saudi doctoral student from 6 years to 34 years based solely on her Twitter activity, Human Rights Watch said today. The sentence is believed to be the longest ever imposed on a Saudi woman for her peaceful online expression. Court documents reviewed by Human Rights Watch indicate that al-Shehab was sentenced under Saudi’s counterterrorism law to 8 years in prison for “supporting those who incite terrorism,” 10 years for “providing support to those who seek to disrupt the public order, undermine the security of the society, and the stability of the state by following and retweeting,” 5 years for “creating an online account to commit any of the acts outlawed by the counterterrorism law,” and 5 years for “broadcasting false and malicious rumors.” Saudi Arabia: Wom

Scribes in Pakistan constantly under a shadow of threat, Disinformation is also ‘Common enemy’

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  From Statesman According to the World Press Freedom Index 2022, Pakistan, which claims to be a Parliamentary republic, is seeing a spike in attacks on the media which has highlighted the looming threat to fundamental freedoms in the country. Further report Pakistan has slipped by 12 points in the index, from a rank of 145th in 2021 to 157th in 2022 and India slips 8 places to 150th position. The index released by Reporters Without Borders(RSF) on May 3, which is observed as World Press Freedom Day, assesses the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories.  China is way below the index. Pakistan with a global score of 37.99 is in the 157th position, while China with a score of 25.17 is in the 175th spot. Bhutan with a score of 76.46 is at the 33rd position, the best in the region. Norway with a global score of 92.65 is at the top of the list, followed by Denmark and Sweden. The worst performer is North Korea with a global score of 13.92. The other countries in the bottom 5 ar

Religion vs Women: Pakistan and other Islamic countries. Sex Assault And Necrophilia

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  Religion vs Women: Pakistan and other Islamic countries. Sex Assault And Necrophilia INTERNATIONAL  “Let’s pay homage to 3 million killed, 200,000 women raped by Pak Army in 1971”: India UNITED NATIONSDECEMBER 09, 2020 13:03 IST Twitter Officially, three million people were killed during the nine-month-long war. “UN International Day of Victims of Genocide on 9 Dec. Let’s pay homage to 3 million killed & 200,000 or more women raped in erstwhile East Pakistan by the Pakistan army & religious militias in 1971 in most horrific episode in human history. Never again,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted, with the hashtag #PreventGenocide. Floral wreaths lain at the National Monument for the Martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in Saver some 24kms northwest of Dhaka. | File As the UN marks International Day of Victims of Genocide on Wednesday, India called for paying homage to the three million people killed and hundreds of thousands o