The Council of Europe has awarded its 2020 Václav Havel Human Rights prize to Loujain al-Hathloul. The Saudi activist pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, but was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to almost six years in prison last December under a broad counterterrorism law. Her sister Lina al-Hathloul accepted […]
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Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul awarded 2020 Vaclav Havel prize
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
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Saudi Women’s Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul Sentenced To Nearly 6 Years
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison under a vague and broadly worded counterterrorism law. The ruling nearly brings to a close a case that has drawn international criticism and the ire of U.S. lawmakers. Loujain al-Hathloul has […]
Loujain al-Hathloul: Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to five years in jail
A leading Saudi women’s rights activist has been sentenced to five years and eight months in jail for charges including trying to harm national security. Loujain al-Hathloul, who successfully campaigned for women to have the right to drive in Saudi Arabia, has been imprisoned jail since her arrest in May 2018. On Monday, the Specialised […]
Jailed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul to stand trial
A prominent jailed Saudi women’s rights activist who recently launched a hunger strike is set to stand trial in the kingdom on Wednesday. The campaigner’s younger sister, Lina al-Hathloul, told The Independent the family have just been notified Loujain will be in court tomorrow. Lina, who has been tirelessly campaigning for Loujain’s release from jail, […]
Saudi Arabia Arrests Women’s Rights Campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul
Loujain Alhathloul is a Saudi women’s rights activist and a social media figure. She was ranked 3rd in the list of Top 100 Most Powerful Arab Women in 2015. A Saudi women’s rights activist was detained by authorities at an airport in the kingdom’s Dammam, rights group Amnesty International said on Monday. Loujain al-Hathloul was arrested for a second time on Sunday for […]