UN panel demands release of Saudi women jailed for using Twitter

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UN panel demands release of Saudi women jailed for using Twitter
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They should be given 'an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations, in accordance with international law', it said.

Two Saudi women sentenced to decades in prison over social media use have been held arbitrarily and should be released, according to UN expert findings seen Saturday by AFP.

In a report dated June 19 and shared with AFP, the UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, an independent expert panel, determined the women had been held arbitrarily and that “the appropriate remedy would be to release” them. The UN experts also said there was credible evidence Shehab had faced “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” while in custody.

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