concerns are growing over a student from the university of leeds who's beenjailed for 34 years in saudi twitter. salma al—shehab — who is also a mother of two young children — was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 34 years. i'm joined now by the labour mp for leeds central hilary benn, whose constituency was the home of salma's studies. thank you for coming on the programme. so 34 years, this new sentence. what is your reaction to that? it sentence. what is your reaction to that? , , ~ �*, that? it is shocking, it's outrageous, _ that? it is shocking, it's outrageous, it - that? it is shocking, it's outrageous, it is - that? it is shocking, it's - outrageous, it is unbelievable, it is unjust. this is you say is a mother of two, she had been doing her phd at leeds university looking at how to improve dentistry for people with disabilities. she goes home to see her family, gets arrested, and what is h

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concerns are growing over a student from the university of leeds who's beenjailed for 34 years in saudishe used twitter. salma al—shehab, who is also a mother of two young children, was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 34 years. well, meanwhile, questions are still being asked about the controversial decision to sell a major boxing fight which takes place later today, to saudi arabia, in light of its human rights record. the british boxer, anthonyjoshua is hoping to regain his world heavyweight titles this weekend, in a rematch against the ukrainian fighter, oleksandr usyk. critics have accused saudi arabia of so—called �*sportswashing' to enhance its global reputation. let's talk more about this with simon chadwick, professor of sport and geopolitical economy at skema business school in paris. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme. thank you for inviting me. do tha

in saudi arabia, concerns are growing for a student from the university of leeds who's been jailed forharged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 34 years. the family of a pensioner who was stabbed as he travelled through west london on his mobility scooter have paid tribute to the 87—year—old. thomas o'halloran, died at the scene in greenford after being attacked on tuesday. 44—year—old lee byer has appeared in court charged with his murder and was remanded in custody. mr o'halloran�*s nephew, also named thomas, spoke of the family's loss. complete numbness with the loss of our uncle. it's been horrendous, absolutely terrifying that something like this could happen to such a gentle, kind person. always caring, always giving. great musical talents, just an all around good person that always did his best to give back to everybody around him. with his family, he's the type of guy that would give the shirt off h

concerns are growing over a student from the university of leeds who's been jailed for 34 years in sauditter. salma al—shehab — who is also a mother of two young children — was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 34 years. i'm joined now by dr emily ryall, who is senior lecturer in philosophy at the university of gloucestershire. she is also a member of the executive committee for the british philosophy of sport association, this is the case of an individual woman using twitter, taking place in saudi arabia and it is hosting a very high—profile boxing match this evening as anthonyjoshua is fighting and that raises the ethical issues, yet another case in the country of human rights abuses, it would appear and yet we have a huge western sporting event taking place there. should it go ahead? it you there. should it go ahead? if you are asking _ there. should it go ahead? if you are asking my — there. shou

student at the university of leeds in the united kingdom. she was detained in january 2021 when she was on holiday back in saudi arabia, and she was held for much of 2021 for questioning before she was referred to the country's specialized criminal court. that's the court that essentially deals with terrorism cases. and she was sentenced to six years in jail initially, because of her twitter activity. now she appealed that sentence. she made the argument that she is the mother of two young boys who are 3 and 5. her own mother is ill, and she needs to be there for her children. and this month, the saudi court came back with a decision to increase her sentence to 34 years in jail. followed by another 34 year travel ban. cnn was able to review court documents, and it appears that the saudi f prosecution dropped this case against her. they claim she was providing aid to her twitter account and tweets to people who they say were aiming to destabilize the country, to undermine its security and public order. now we have gone through her twitter acco

student at the university of leeds in the united kingdom. because of her twitter activity. later on, late last year, the specialized criminal court in the country sentenced her to six years in jail because of those tweets. now, she is the mother of two young children and appealed on the grounds saying she has two young boys who are 3 and 5. her mother is ill. she needs to be there for her boys. and this week, the saudi court increased percent -- her sentence to 34 years, and followed by 34 years where she cannot leave the kingdom. we were able to review the court documents. it appears the public prosecution brought this case against her, they say, because of tweets where they say she is spreading false information, spreading rumors. she was supporting people who they accuse of trying to destabilize the kingdom and undermine its security. but if you go through her twitter account and you see the kind of people that she's been supporting over the past couple of years, she was defending human rights activists, dissidents, and women's rights cam

in saudi arabia, concerns are growing for a student from the university of leeds who's been jailed for twitter. salma al—shehab, who is also a mother of two young children, was charged for following and retweeting dissidents when she returned to her home country for a holiday in 2021. she was initially sentenced to serve six years in prison but an appeals court later handed down the new sentence of 3a years. writers have gathered in new york in solidarity with the author sir salman rushdie, who was seriously injured when he was stabbed on stage, one week ago. the 75—year—old has faced death threats for many years, over his novel the satanic verses. our north america correspondent, nada tawfik, has the latest. two he a book is only to confirm to oneself what whaen already knows her i crawled before i could walk. i walked — i crawled before i could walk. i walked before i could run. the organisers _ walked before i could run. the organisers hope _ walked before i could run. tie: organisers hope the rally raises his spirit. they say he knows it has taken place and intended to watch. equal

plenty of disruption on the network across england and wales today. leeds universitybeen jailed for 3h years in saudi arabia over social media tweets. salma al—shehab, a saudi citizen and mother of two, was arrested in 2021 while on holiday in the kingdom. before the trip she had called for reforms and the release of activists. lina alhathloul, is from alqst, an independent organization that supports human rights in saudi arabia. she's also the sister of loujain al—hathlou, a saudi women's rights activist and political prisoner. she gave her reaction. it is outrageous. it is unprecedented. we have seen that the saudi government has been selling the narrative of empowering women and improving women's rights, and this sentence, after my sister's, is an illustration of it only being words. we had warned at the beginning that rehabilitating the crown prince in the international community would pave the way for more repression, and after borisjohnson�*s visit to saudi arabia and a visit to france, we clearly see they are doubling down on repression and still imprisoning an

has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing of thomas o'halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. leeds universityresses deep concern for one of its students who faces 3a years of jail in saudi arabia over social media tweets. at talks in ukraine aimed at ensuring the safety of a russian controlled nuclear power plant, the un chief calls for zaporizhzhia to be demilitarised. and finland's prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a—level, t—level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there's been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a—level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 201

of thomas 0'halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. the un secretary general is in lviv for talks with president zelensky and turkey's recep tayyip erdogan. leeds university. south africa are firmly in control on day two of the first test against england at lord's. after resuming on 116 for six, england were dismissed for 165 this morning. 0llie pope — who resumed on 61 after a gutsy innings — went earlierfor 73. stuart broad followed — gone for 15, before england's final wicket ao—year old jimmy anderson fell first ball. south africa trailing by 138 runs with ten wickets left, at lunch. plenty of strong performances today on the track at the european championships in munich. great britain's jake wightman won his men's 800 metre heat to secure his place in sunday's final. it's been a brilliant summer for wightman after winning gold at the world championships in oregon, and bronze at the commonwealth games earlier htis month. i haven't run one since may, you know, so i was nervous i hadn't done enough work for it but it woke me up and was a very early start but i'm just glad i got through. i wanted to make sure i was in contention. if i needed to push on a

has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing of thomas o'halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. leeds university

andrew weissmann spent years working the department of justice, most recently's as leeds prosecutor, in now teaches criminal and law at nyu university. he joins me now. andrea, let's just talk about the letter and what the letter, the letter that we now have from national archives, adds to the full picture of the timeline here and the efforts of the federal government went to to try to retrieve all of the classified documents that were supposed to be turned over. >> the letter is quite odd because it was disclosed first by john solomon, who works for the former president and his designate -- to the presidential records that would be kept by the national archives. but the letter is incredibly damning to the former president. it really is odd as to why he released it. the way it's damning is exactly as you say chris, which is the time period as to when the former president left office and today is the most damning evidence. there is one version of the defense which is hey, it was chaotic when i was leaving and i didn't really know it was in the boxes and i didn't intend to take them and as soon as it was called to my attention i retur

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