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'''Alaa Brinji''' (Arabic: علاء برنجي ) 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>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-journalist-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-tweets-ridiculing-islamic-religious-a6953266.html</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>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35898986</ref>  Brinji writes for the Saudi newspapers Al Sharq, Al Bilad, and Okaz.<ref>https://rsf.org/en/news/saudi-journalist-alaa-brinji-jailed-over-series-tweets</ref> The Saudi government was criticized by international groups because Brinjui did not have a lawyer and because he had a skin condition and did not have a cell with a daylight.<ref>https://rsf.org/en/news/saudi-journalist-alaa-brinji-jailed-over-series-tweets</ref><ref>https://features.hrw.org/features/HRW_2016_reports/140_Characters/index.html#en</ref><ref>https://rsf.org/en/news/saudi-journalist-alaa-brinji-jailed-over-series-tweets</ref>

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