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Over 10,500 Indians Jailed Abroad, 43 On Death Row: Centre Informs Lok Sabha
A staggering 10,574 Indian citizens are currently imprisoned in jails across the globe, including 43 of them languishing on the death row, the Parliament was informed on Friday.
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Bank Of America Analyst Gets 10-Year Jail In Saudi Arabia For Old Tweet: Entire Case Explained
Ahmed al-Doush, 41, received the harsh penalty after Saudi authorities deemed a now-deleted post from his 37-follower Twitter account a national security threat.
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Rs 34 Crore Raised To Bring Home Kerala Man From Saudi Prison After 18 Years
Its an unprecedented state of excitement at the house of elderly Fatima in Kerala's Kozhikode, whose son, Abdul Rahim, a death row convict in Saudi Arabia, is set to return home after securing a pardon.
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Saudi Teacher Gets 20-Year Jail Term Over Critical Social Media Posts
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a teacher to 20 years in prison over critical social media posts, Human Rights Watch and the convicted man's brother said Tuesday.
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Dutch-Yemeni Man In Saudi Prison For 6 Months, His Family Doesn't Know
Fahd Ramadhan spent years building a life as a refugee in the Netherlands, only to have it unravel with his surprise arrest on a trip to his birthplace Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Woman Jailed For 11 Years Over Social Media Posts, Says Amnesty
Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia to free a 29-year-old fitness instructor it says has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her choice of clothing and social media posts urging an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system.
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Twitter Ex-Employee Gets 3.5 Years in Prison for Spying for Saudi Arabia
A Twitter ex-employee was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Wednesday, months after he was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia. The former Twitter manager was convicted in August of conveying sensitive information from Twitter's systems to help Saudi officials identify and locate users of interest, and faced several years in prison.
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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 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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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 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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UN Condemns Saudi-Led Coalition's Airstrikes On Yemen Prison
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Friday the airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen that left at least 70 dead at a prison and disrupted telecommunications.
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Indian, Arrested For Facebook Post In Saudi, Returns Home After 20 Months
A man who was lodged in a Saudi Arabia prison on charges of blasphemy and for posting derogatory messages about Mecca and the king of Saudi Arabia on Facebook returned to India after 20 months.
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Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Prisoners Go Silent During Pandemic
Saudi authorities have severed contact between some of the kingdom's most prominent detainees and their families, escalating a crackdown on dissent that threatens to strain relations with Western allies.
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French Prosecutors Seek Suspended Prison Sentence For Saudi Princess
French prosecutors said on Tuesday they were pushing for a six-month suspended prison sentence for the king of Saudi Arabia's daughter, as she went on trial in absentia in a case involving the beating of a workman in her luxury flat in Paris.
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Over 10,500 Indians Jailed Abroad, 43 On Death Row: Centre Informs Lok Sabha
A staggering 10,574 Indian citizens are currently imprisoned in jails across the globe, including 43 of them languishing on the death row, the Parliament was informed on Friday.
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Bank Of America Analyst Gets 10-Year Jail In Saudi Arabia For Old Tweet: Entire Case Explained
Ahmed al-Doush, 41, received the harsh penalty after Saudi authorities deemed a now-deleted post from his 37-follower Twitter account a national security threat.
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Rs 34 Crore Raised To Bring Home Kerala Man From Saudi Prison After 18 Years
Its an unprecedented state of excitement at the house of elderly Fatima in Kerala's Kozhikode, whose son, Abdul Rahim, a death row convict in Saudi Arabia, is set to return home after securing a pardon.
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Saudi Teacher Gets 20-Year Jail Term Over Critical Social Media Posts
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a teacher to 20 years in prison over critical social media posts, Human Rights Watch and the convicted man's brother said Tuesday.
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Dutch-Yemeni Man In Saudi Prison For 6 Months, His Family Doesn't Know
Fahd Ramadhan spent years building a life as a refugee in the Netherlands, only to have it unravel with his surprise arrest on a trip to his birthplace Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Woman Jailed For 11 Years Over Social Media Posts, Says Amnesty
Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia to free a 29-year-old fitness instructor it says has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her choice of clothing and social media posts urging an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system.
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Twitter Ex-Employee Gets 3.5 Years in Prison for Spying for Saudi Arabia
A Twitter ex-employee was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Wednesday, months after he was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia. The former Twitter manager was convicted in August of conveying sensitive information from Twitter's systems to help Saudi officials identify and locate users of interest, and faced several years in prison.
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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 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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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 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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UN Condemns Saudi-Led Coalition's Airstrikes On Yemen Prison
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Friday the airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemen that left at least 70 dead at a prison and disrupted telecommunications.
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Indian, Arrested For Facebook Post In Saudi, Returns Home After 20 Months
A man who was lodged in a Saudi Arabia prison on charges of blasphemy and for posting derogatory messages about Mecca and the king of Saudi Arabia on Facebook returned to India after 20 months.
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Saudi Arabia's Most Famous Prisoners Go Silent During Pandemic
Saudi authorities have severed contact between some of the kingdom's most prominent detainees and their families, escalating a crackdown on dissent that threatens to strain relations with Western allies.
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French Prosecutors Seek Suspended Prison Sentence For Saudi Princess
French prosecutors said on Tuesday they were pushing for a six-month suspended prison sentence for the king of Saudi Arabia's daughter, as she went on trial in absentia in a case involving the beating of a workman in her luxury flat in Paris.
