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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> 

Brinji was arrested on May 12, 2014. 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 years and a fine of 50,000 Saudi riyals (about $ 13,300 USD). The court also ordered his Twitter account closed.<ref>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/</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>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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