Saudi doctoral student Salma al-Shehab, sentenced to 34 years in prison in 2022 for her Twitter activity in Saudi Arabia, has had her sentence drastically reduced to four years, with an additional four years suspended. A London-based rights group announced her release, calling for her full freedom to be granted, including the right to travel to complete her studies. Al-Shehab, a Shiite Muslim minority member, was detained in January 2021 for following and retweeting dissident accounts on Twitter, accused of disturbing public order and destabilizing the social fabric solely based on her social media activity.
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Student spends £129 on a Wowcher mystery holiday – to the city where she lives
A student from Derry, Northern Ireland, Cara Piper, impulsively spent £129 on a mystery holiday package, hoping for a weekend in New York City, but was devastated to learn her destination was Edinburgh, the city where she has lived for the past four years. Filming her reaction, she expressed disbelief and humorously lamented that she paid to travel to her own university city. The incident, which garnered over 126,000 views on TikTok, highlights the popular...
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