Saudi Arabia - Cyber crime law used again to silence dissident voices

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Co-founder of Saudi human rights watchdog receives seven-year sentence and travel ban for highlighting abuses A Riyadh court sentenced Fawzan Al-Harbi, a founding member of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) which records abuses by the Saudi authorities, to seven years' imprisonment on 25 June and ordered him not to leave the country for the same duration after he has served his sentence. He was also banned from writing on social networks. “Reporters Without Borders (...)

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