Salma al-Shehab sentence reduced
Campaign groups reported 15 January 2025 that a Saudi court has reduced the jail sentence of Salma al-Shehab, women’s rights activist and University of Leeds postgraduate student, from 27 years to four years, with four years suspended, creating hopes for her imminent release.
Since 2022, UCU University of Leeds branch has supported the campaign for Salma al-Shehab to be released, after she was sentenced for liking and reposting social media accounts of critics of Saudi Arabia’s ruling monarchy on the social media platform Twitter. The branch committee released a statement in August 2022, and branch members supported the campaign for Salma’s release, including an open letter calling for action by the government and the university.
For more details see this statement from campaign group ALQST
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