The 11 women activists campaigned against male guardianship, which treats women as minors from birth to death, and against the ban on women drivers, which was overturned last June
of 11 women activists who campaigned against male guardianship, which treats women as minors from birth to death. The activists also campaigned against the ban on women drivers, which was overturned last June.
The NGO Human Rights Watch reports that prosecutors accuse the women, under trial separately, of initiating “criminal” contacts to share “information about women’s rights in Saudi Arabia with journalists based in Saudi Arabia, diplomats, and international human rights organisations”. The women are also charged with violating Saudi Arabia’s cybercrime law, which prohibits the production and promulgation of material that “harms public order, religious values, public morals, [and] the sanctity of private life”. The penalties are up to five years in prison and a fine of $800,000 , HRW states.
“After nearly a year of accusations in Saudi government media that these brave champions of human rights are ‘foreign agents’, the actual charges against them appear to be simply a list of their efforts to promote women’s rights.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
PSNI arrest 11 men in raids targeting loyalist paramilitariesDrugs, cash and cars seized in operation against criminal activities of East Belfast UVF
Read more »
Judgment reserved in appeal over severity of animal cruelty sentenceJames Kavanagh jailed in February after 340 dogs, 11 horses removed from his property
Read more »
Ex-soldier refused extra time to appeal abuse sentenceTimothy O’Sullivan (67) jailed for 11 years for grooming and raping two boys in 1990s
Read more »
Want to help birds nest? Leave out your dog’s clumps of hairMild weather expected this week, with daytime temperatures of between 11 to 16 degrees
Read more »
Seven Dublin Bus routes diverted as road closed after 'serious incident' in DrumcondraDublin Bus is diverting the 1, 11, 13, 16, 22, 41 and 44 because of a 'serious incident' in Drumcondra.
Read more »