Saudi Arabia: Women’s Rights Advocates Arrested

Expand Video screengrab of Lujain al-Hathloul driving her car. © Screengrab from Youtube (Beirut) – Saudi authorities since May 15, 2018, detained a total of seven prominent women’s rights defenders, Human Rights Watch said today. The activists have long advocated ending the ban on women driving and abolishing the discriminatory male guardianship system. Among those arrested are Eman al-Nafjan and Lujain al-Hathloul, along with two male activists, but authorities have not revealed the reason behind the arrests. Saudi rights defenders said that in September 2017 the royal court had called…

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