Ahmed Mansoor was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2018. He was convicted of spreading false information on social media and harming the reputation of the state.
Muhammad al-Ghamdi, a 54-year-old retired Saudi teacher, was sentenced “following 5 tweets criticizing corruption and human rights violations,” his brother Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi tweeted last week.
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