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Tweets condemn Medical PhD student to 34 years in jail

Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two, is a researcher at Leeds University in Britain. [Courtesy]

A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading "rumors" and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation.

Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and a researcher at Leeds University in Britain, shocking even by Saudi standards of justice.

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