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'''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=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-journalist-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-tweets-ridiculing-islamic-religious-a6953266.html|title=Journalist jailed for tweets 'ridiculing Islamic religious figures' in Saudi Arabia|date=25 March 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-25/saudi-journalist-alaa-brinji-sentenced-to-5-years-for-tweets-rights-group-says</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35898986|title=Saudi journalist jailed over critical tweets|date=25 March 2016|publisher=|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref>  Brinji writes for the Saudi newspapers Al Sharq, Al Bilad, and Okaz.<ref name="rsf.org">{{cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/news/saudi-journalist-alaa-brinji-jailed-over-series-tweets|title=Saudi journalist Alaa Brinji jailed over series of tweets - Reporters without borders|publisher=}}</ref>

== Biography ==

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