UN voices outrage at Saudi 34-year sentence over tweets ...Kuwait

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The United Nations voiced outrage on Friday at a Saudi court decision to sentence a woman to 34 years behind bars for tweets critical of the government, demanding she be released. "We are appalled by the sentencing of Saudi doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab… in connection with a series of tweets and retweets on political and human rights issues in Saudi Arabia," Liz Throssell, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, said in a statement. "We urge the Saudi authorities to quash her conviction and release her immediately and unconditionally," she said. "She should never have been arrested and charged in the first place for such conduct." Salma Al-Shehab, a member of the Sh

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