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UNBELIEVABLE: Imprisoned saudi activist salma al shehab reported on app | History Defined

Salma al-Shehab interviewed by Al Thaqafia TV at the 2014 Riyadh International Book Fair [Screengrab]

A Saudi Arabian student sentenced to 34 years in prison for her social media activity had been reported to the country’s authorities using a crime-reporting app, highlighting the use of technology by Saudi authorities to clamp down on dissent.

Salma al-Shehab, a 34-year-old mother of two children who was studying at Leeds University in the United Kingdom, was reported for her Twitter content through the “Kollona Amn”, or “We Are All Security” app, the Guardian newspaper reported.

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