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Saudi Government 'Infiltrated' Wikipedia, Jailed Two: Report
Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, activists said Thursday, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed for "spying" for the Saudis.
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Saudi Frees Jailed Blogger Raif Badawi- Not To Leave Kingdom
Saudi Arabia confirmed Saturday a 10-year travel ban for freed blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world.
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Saudi Blogger, Activist Raif Badawi Freed From Jail After 10 Years
After 10 years in prison for "insulting Islam", Saudi blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world, was released on Friday.
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Saudi Princess, A Rights Activist, Released After 3 Years In Jail
Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital, a human rights group said on Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia Releases Two Jailed Women Activists: Rights Group
Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday.
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Saudi Woman Activist Freed After Nearly 3 Years In Jail
Saudi authorities on Wednesday released prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after nearly three years in detention, her family said, as the kingdom comes under renewed US pressure over its human rights record.
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Saudi Activist Who Campaigned For Women's Right To Drive Jailed For Nearly 6 Years
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
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Jailed Saudi Activist Told To Deny Torture In Release Deal, Says Family
Loujain al-Hathloul, an imprisoned women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia, refused an offer of freedom in exchange for recording a videotaped statement testifying that she had not been tortured, her siblings said this week.
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Bahrain Rights Activist Jailed For 5 Years For "Insulting" Tweets
A Bahraini human rights activist was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for criticising Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain's prison authorities of torture, his lawyer and fellow activists said.
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Jailed Bahraini Activist Nabeel Rajab Criticises Donald Trump For Gulf Arms Sales
Jailed Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab criticised U.S. President Donald Trump in a New York Times column on Wednesday for selling arms to his country and Saudi Arabia, citing of their human rights records.
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US Concerned by Saudi Sentencing of Activist
The United States on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to respect freedom of expression after Riyadh jailed a number of dissidents.
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Saudi Jails Rights Group Founder for 10 Years, Say Activists
A founding member of one of the few independent human rights groups in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a regional rights group said today.
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Saudi Women's Rights Campaigners 'Freed From Prison'
Two Saudi women's rights activists, one of whom tried to defy a ban on female driving, have been freed after more than two months in jail, a campaigner said on today.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Human Rights Activist For 15 Years
A Jeddah court sentenced prominent Saudi rights lawyer Walid abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison on Sunday on charges that included seeking to undermine the state and insulting the judiciary, the state news agency reported.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Rights Activist for 15 Years: Relatives
A Saudi court on Sunday sentenced to 15 years in jail a prominent rights lawyer described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience, relatives said in a statement posted on Twitter.
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Saudi Government 'Infiltrated' Wikipedia, Jailed Two: Report
Saudi Arabia has infiltrated Wikipedia and jailed two administrators in a bid to control content on the website, activists said Thursday, weeks after a former Twitter worker was jailed for "spying" for the Saudis.
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Saudi Frees Jailed Blogger Raif Badawi- Not To Leave Kingdom
Saudi Arabia confirmed Saturday a 10-year travel ban for freed blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world.
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Saudi Blogger, Activist Raif Badawi Freed From Jail After 10 Years
After 10 years in prison for "insulting Islam", Saudi blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world, was released on Friday.
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Saudi Princess, A Rights Activist, Released After 3 Years In Jail
Saudi authorities have released a princess and her daughter who had been held without charge for nearly three years in the capital, a human rights group said on Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia Releases Two Jailed Women Activists: Rights Group
Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday.
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Saudi Woman Activist Freed After Nearly 3 Years In Jail
Saudi authorities on Wednesday released prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after nearly three years in detention, her family said, as the kingdom comes under renewed US pressure over its human rights record.
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Saudi Activist Who Campaigned For Women's Right To Drive Jailed For Nearly 6 Years
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
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Jailed Saudi Activist Told To Deny Torture In Release Deal, Says Family
Loujain al-Hathloul, an imprisoned women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia, refused an offer of freedom in exchange for recording a videotaped statement testifying that she had not been tortured, her siblings said this week.
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Bahrain Rights Activist Jailed For 5 Years For "Insulting" Tweets
A Bahraini human rights activist was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for criticising Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain's prison authorities of torture, his lawyer and fellow activists said.
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Jailed Bahraini Activist Nabeel Rajab Criticises Donald Trump For Gulf Arms Sales
Jailed Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab criticised U.S. President Donald Trump in a New York Times column on Wednesday for selling arms to his country and Saudi Arabia, citing of their human rights records.
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US Concerned by Saudi Sentencing of Activist
The United States on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to respect freedom of expression after Riyadh jailed a number of dissidents.
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Saudi Jails Rights Group Founder for 10 Years, Say Activists
A founding member of one of the few independent human rights groups in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a regional rights group said today.
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Saudi Women's Rights Campaigners 'Freed From Prison'
Two Saudi women's rights activists, one of whom tried to defy a ban on female driving, have been freed after more than two months in jail, a campaigner said on today.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Human Rights Activist For 15 Years
A Jeddah court sentenced prominent Saudi rights lawyer Walid abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison on Sunday on charges that included seeking to undermine the state and insulting the judiciary, the state news agency reported.
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Saudi Arabia Jails Rights Activist for 15 Years: Relatives
A Saudi court on Sunday sentenced to 15 years in jail a prominent rights lawyer described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience, relatives said in a statement posted on Twitter.
