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The jailing and alleged torture of a former University of British Columbia student in Saudi Arabia has attracted the attention of the incoming Biden administration in the United States.
In a tweet, incoming National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan described the 68-month sentence handed down to Loujain al-Hathloul as unjust and troubling , given that she was simply exercising her universal rights . As we have said, the Biden-Harris administration will stand up against human rights violations wherever they occur, Sullivan declared.
Sullivan s comment stands in stark contrast to the Trump administration s free pass for Saudi Arabia on its treatment of al-Hathloul. This was recently the subject of a scathing essay by author Nina Burleigh, who documented her family s claims that she was tortured.
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Year in review: 176 people killed in plane crash in Iran
Last Updated Dec 28, 2020 at 5:08 pm MDT
Summary
The Iranian community in Edmonton was one of the hardest impacted in the country
The number of Canadians were killed in the Ukrainian plane crash in Iran was 57
TEHRAN, IRAN – It was a start to 2020 that shocked many around the world.
Nearly a week after the U.S. launched a military strike against Iran on Jan. 2, a passenger airplane heading for Ukraine, and eventually Canada, was shot down.
Ukrainian Airlines flight PS752 crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran, killing all 176 on board.
Saudi activist, UBC alumna Loujain al-Hathloul sentenced to five years prison, eligible for early-2021 release
Her sister, Lina al-Hathloul
wrote on Twitter that the Specialised Criminal Court suspended Loujain’s sentence by two years and ten months, and as Loujain has already spent over two years in prison, she may only have two to three months of her sentence left.
The court also placed a five-year travel ban on Loujain. Both she and the public prosecutor are still able to appeal the decision. Lina al-Hathloul
wrote on her Twitter that Loujain will appeal the sentence and ask for an investigation regarding