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Saudi Man Jailed For 30 years For Criticising Government On Social Media
A Saudi court sentenced a retired teacher to 30 years' jail for criticising the government on social media, less than two months after his death sentence was overturned, his brother said on Tuesday.
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Indian In Saudi Jail: Lack Of Data From Facebook Blocking Probe, Court Told
The High Court of Karnataka was on Thursday informed that the investigation into the case involving an Indian national currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia on sedition charges, was not progressing due to the lack of data from Facebook.
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Legal Help For Indian Man Jailed In Saudi Arabia
The High Court of Karnataka has sought a reply from the Union Government regarding legal help for the Indian national who has been jailed in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Court Jails US Citizen For 16 Years Over Tweets Against Kingdom
The United States said Tuesday it was raising with Saudi Arabia a prison sentence handed to a US citizen over tweets critical of the kingdom, another source of tension between the historic allies.
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Saudi Woman Jailed For Using Twitter To "Challenge" King, Crown Prince
A Saudi woman recently jailed for 45 years was sentenced for using Twitter to "challenge" the country's king and crown prince, according to a court document seen Tuesday by AFP.
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Saudi Woman Sentenced To 45 years In Jail For Social Media Posts: Report
A Saudi Arabian court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly harming the country through her social media activity, the second such case this month.
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Saudi Arabia Woman Gets 45 Years In Jail Over Social Media Posts: Report
A Saudi woman has been jailed for 45 years for her social media posts, a rights group said citing court documents, marking the second such case in weeks.
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Woman In Saudi Arabia Sentenced To 34 Years In Jail Over "Activity On Twitter": Report
A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, according to court documents seen by AFP on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Man To 15 Years For "Promoting Atheism" In Tweets
Human Rights Watch said Monday a Saudi court had sentenced a Yemeni man to 15 years for apostasy, urging the kingdom to prioritise decriminalising blasphemy amid a modernisation drive.
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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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Saudi Arabia Jails Eight Over Khashoggi Murder, Fiancee Decries Trial
A Saudi Arabian court on Monday jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media reported, four months after his family forgave his killers and enabled death sentences to be set aside.
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Saudi Court Overturns 5 Death Sentences Over Jamal Khashoggi Murder, Jails 8
A Saudi court on Monday overturned five death sentences over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in a final ruling that jailed eight defendants to between seven and 20 years, state media reported.
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Saudi Princess Gets Suspended Jail For Getting "Plumber Beaten Up"
A French court on Thursday handed a 10-month suspended sentence to a sister of the Saudi crown prince over the beating of a workman at a luxury residence in Paris in 2016.
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No “Deal” With Saudi For Release Of Sharifs From Jail: Pak Minister
There was no "deal" between the governments of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for the release of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members after a top court suspended their sentences in a corruption case, a senior Pakistani minister has asserted.
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Saudi Prince Faces Jail In UK For Flouting Contempt Laws Amid Loan Fight
A Saudi prince faces jail in Britain for flouting English contempt laws in the latest stage of a long-running dispute over a loan agreement with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Prince Hussam Bin Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a former chairman of Zain Saudi Arabia, should be imprisoned for a year, a London judge said Friday. The prince, who ...
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Saudi Man Jailed For 30 years For Criticising Government On Social Media
A Saudi court sentenced a retired teacher to 30 years' jail for criticising the government on social media, less than two months after his death sentence was overturned, his brother said on Tuesday.
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Indian In Saudi Jail: Lack Of Data From Facebook Blocking Probe, Court Told
The High Court of Karnataka was on Thursday informed that the investigation into the case involving an Indian national currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia on sedition charges, was not progressing due to the lack of data from Facebook.
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Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Legal Help For Indian Man Jailed In Saudi Arabia
The High Court of Karnataka has sought a reply from the Union Government regarding legal help for the Indian national who has been jailed in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Court Jails US Citizen For 16 Years Over Tweets Against Kingdom
The United States said Tuesday it was raising with Saudi Arabia a prison sentence handed to a US citizen over tweets critical of the kingdom, another source of tension between the historic allies.
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Saudi Woman Jailed For Using Twitter To "Challenge" King, Crown Prince
A Saudi woman recently jailed for 45 years was sentenced for using Twitter to "challenge" the country's king and crown prince, according to a court document seen Tuesday by AFP.
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Saudi Woman Sentenced To 45 years In Jail For Social Media Posts: Report
A Saudi Arabian court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly harming the country through her social media activity, the second such case this month.
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Saudi Arabia Woman Gets 45 Years In Jail Over Social Media Posts: Report
A Saudi woman has been jailed for 45 years for her social media posts, a rights group said citing court documents, marking the second such case in weeks.
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Woman In Saudi Arabia Sentenced To 34 Years In Jail Over "Activity On Twitter": Report
A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, according to court documents seen by AFP on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Man To 15 Years For "Promoting Atheism" In Tweets
Human Rights Watch said Monday a Saudi court had sentenced a Yemeni man to 15 years for apostasy, urging the kingdom to prioritise decriminalising blasphemy amid a modernisation drive.
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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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Saudi Arabia Jails Eight Over Khashoggi Murder, Fiancee Decries Trial
A Saudi Arabian court on Monday jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media reported, four months after his family forgave his killers and enabled death sentences to be set aside.
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Saudi Court Overturns 5 Death Sentences Over Jamal Khashoggi Murder, Jails 8
A Saudi court on Monday overturned five death sentences over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder in a final ruling that jailed eight defendants to between seven and 20 years, state media reported.
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Saudi Princess Gets Suspended Jail For Getting "Plumber Beaten Up"
A French court on Thursday handed a 10-month suspended sentence to a sister of the Saudi crown prince over the beating of a workman at a luxury residence in Paris in 2016.
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No “Deal” With Saudi For Release Of Sharifs From Jail: Pak Minister
There was no "deal" between the governments of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for the release of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members after a top court suspended their sentences in a corruption case, a senior Pakistani minister has asserted.
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Saudi Prince Faces Jail In UK For Flouting Contempt Laws Amid Loan Fight
A Saudi prince faces jail in Britain for flouting English contempt laws in the latest stage of a long-running dispute over a loan agreement with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Prince Hussam Bin Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a former chairman of Zain Saudi Arabia, should be imprisoned for a year, a London judge said Friday. The prince, who ...
