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Alaa Brinji
[[File:Dammam, Saudi Arabia locator map.png|thumb|Dammam, Saudi Arabia]]
'''Alaa Brinji''' (Arabic: علاء برنجي ), born about 1984, is a [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] [[journalist]]. He received a sentence of five years in a Saudi Arabian prison after he posted on [[Twitter]] in support of [[human rights]] and women driving cars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-journalist-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-tweets-ridiculing-isla(contracted; show full)014. He was held in solitary confinement and not permitted to speak to anyone.  He was not allowed access to a lawyer.   On March 24, 2016, he was convicted by Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC), a counter-terrorism court.  The charges were “insulting the rulers of the country”, “inciting public opinion”, “accusing security officers of killing protesters in Awamiyya”, “ridiculing Islamic religious figures” and “violating Article 6 of the Anti-Cyber Crime Law”. He received a travel ban for eigh
t years and a fine of 50,000 Saudi riyals (about $  13,300 USD). The court also ordered his Twitter account closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/03/saudi-arabia-journalist-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-for-tweets-latest-victim-of-ruthless-crackdown/|title=Saudi Arabia: Journalist sentenced to five years in prison for tweets latest victim of crackdown|publisher=}}</ref>

International groups criticized the Saudi government because Brinjui did not have a lawyer and because he had a skin condition and did not have a cell with a daylight.<ref name="rsf.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://features.hrw.org/features/HRW_2016_reports/140_Characters/index.html#en|title=140 Characters: Online Activists Harassed and Jailed in Arab Gulf States - Human Rights Watch|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="rsf.org"/>

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