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Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’

The Guardian - UK

‘Tainted victory’: Newcastle’s Saudi influence still divisive after success

Concerns about the club’s ownership remain strong despite the euphoria of ending a 70-year wait for a domestic trophy

The Guardian - UK

Leeds University student freed from Saudi jail having been handed 34-year sentence over tweets

Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 during holiday in Saudi Arabia

The Independent UK

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Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released

Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 during holiday in Saudi Arabia after posting tweets in support of women’s rights

The Guardian - UK

Saudi authorities free doctoral student initially sentenced to 34 years for tweets, activists say

A Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University in Britain has been freed after seeing her 34-year sentence for her activity on Twitter in Saudi Arabia drastically reduced

The Independent UK

Fitness Instructor Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Demanding An End To Saudi Arabia's Guardian Laws

`After being arrested for "her choice of clothing and support for women's rights" in November 2022, Manahel al-Otaibi has been sentence to 11 years in prison.

International Business Times UK

Saudi court ‘secretly’ hands 11-year sentence to women's rights activist

A Saudi court has recently sentenced women's rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi to 11 years in prison in a "secret hearing", according to two human rights groups who denounced the ruling as contradictory to the kingdom’s “narrative of reform and women’s empowerment”.

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Female fitness instructor jailed in Saudi Arabia over her 'choice of clothing'

Her sister only escaped prosecution by fleeing the country

Evening Standard

Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘support’ of women’s rights

Manahel al-Otaibi, who promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror laws

The Guardian - UK

Staff at France's EDF question involvement in futuristic Saudi city

Some employees of French energy giant EDF want the company to reconsider its involvement in a hydro-electric plant in the Saudi desert that would power Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's futuristic megacity Neom, following concerns over the project's sustainability and alleged human rights abuses.

Radio France Internationale

Saudi fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi latest targeted in crackdown on dissent in kingdom

A 29-year-old fitness instructor popular on social media in Saudi Arabia faces charges that could see her imprisoned over her posts, becoming the latest person targeted in a crackdown in the kingdom

The Independent UK

Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia are still closely intertwined despite age-old controversy

Nearly 40 venture firms, from Andreessen Horowitz to Craft Ventures to Techstars, have accepted money from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

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