After spending almost three years behind bars, prominent women’s rights activist from Saudi Loujain al-Hathloul was released, her family confirmed earlier this week. The first vote in Saudi’s local elections to include women in 2015 saw Hathloul applying to contest, but Amnesty International said Hathloul’s name was barred. Hathloul’s family has said US President Joe Biden’s election win helped secure …
CNN — A prominent Saudi activist’s admission that she once applied for a job at the United Nations is being used as part of the kingdom’s case against her, CNN has learned. Saudi Arabia has not publicly released the charges against women’s rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, or several other prominent female activists who are currently on trial in Riyadh on …
CNN — Saudi Arabia temporarily released three of the 11 women activists standing trial for charges related to their human rights work, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday. While Saudi Arabia has not made the charges against any of the women public, Human Rights Watch reported in mid-March that they appeared to be “almost entirely related to their human …
Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A leading Saudi women’s rights campaigner who has allegedly been tortured and …
CNN — A stand-up comedian and women’s right-to-drive activist, Fahad al-Butairi and Loujain al-Hathloul, were once seen as a groundbreaking Saudi power couple in a country that was rapidly relaxing its strict social rules. “I’d like to see what they could do in this world, if they were given the chance,” adding, “I’d like to have that dinner with them …