Pundits like Thomas Friedman claimed that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was a reformer committed to liberalization. In reality, the Saudi kingdom remains unflinchingly authoritarian, ...
Shehab, a Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University, was released after her 34-year sentence for Twitter activity was reduced. She had been targeted during a Saudi crackdown on dissent under Crown ...
Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two, had been sentenced to 34 years in prison back in 2022 over her tweets, part of a wider crackdown on dissent in the kingdom as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ...
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