Three of the Saudi women activists held in detention since May last year have been granted temporary release, according to state news agency SPA.
Some of the women, facing charges related to human rights work and contacts with foreign journalists and diplomats, told a Riyadh court that they had been subjected to torture during more than nine months of detention, sources said.
It said the court would continue to look into their cases and that the release was conditional on their attendance at their trials until a final decision is reached. More than eleven activists were arrested last May and those on trial include rights campaigner Loujain al-Hathloul and university professor Hatoon al-Fassi.
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