https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/08/17/2125251/saudi-arabia-sentences-woman-to-34-years-in-prison-for-tweeting

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting activists through her Twitter account and sharing posts that spoke in
favor of the right of women to drive. The Verge reports: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/17/23310126/twitter-saudi-woman-sentenced-34-years-salma-al-shehab

Salma al-Shehab was a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in
the UK and was detained in January 2021 after returning to Saudi Arabia
for a vacation. […]
The Post reports that prosecutors in the appeal to Shehab's case
argued for a more severe punishment under Saudi cybercrime and
anti-terrorism laws, […]

Without USA it would much worse. wouldn't it?
She is lucky to be alive unlike Jamal Khashoggi.

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On Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 4:15:00 PM UTC-4, A. Filip wrote:

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/08/17/2125251/saudi-arabia-sentences-woman-to-34-years-in-prison-for-tweeting

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for retweeting activists through her Twitter account and sharing posts that spoke in favor of the right of women to drive. The Verge reports: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/17/23310126/twitter-saudi-woman-sentenced-34-years-salma-al-shehab

Salma al-Shehab was a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds in
the UK and was detained in January 2021 after returning to Saudi Arabia >> for a vacation. […]
The Post reports that prosecutors in the appeal to Shehab's case
argued for a more severe punishment under Saudi cybercrime and
anti-terrorism laws, […]

Without USA it would much worse. wouldn't it?
She is lucky to be alive unlike Jamal Khashoggi.

Peace and economic prosperity is the greatest driver of freedom.
No government can really bestow freedom which after all reflects
the citizens' productivity, capability, as well as spirituality.
A person with limited productivity, capability, as well as spirituality
cannot really impart freedom to the other. The same for a nation.

Americans do not trust the US government, other peoples will have
less trust.

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