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Hundreds of UK academics have urged the government to take “urgent action” to free a Leeds University student and women’s rights activist from prison in Saudi Arabia.

Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years behind bars last month for having a Twitter account and sharing posts written by dissidents and activists.

This was the longest known sentence that Saudi authorities had given to a women’s rights activist, according to advocacy groups at the time.

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