Saudi Arabia released Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sada from prison early on Sunday.
Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists Samar Badawi and Nasima al-Sada (File Photo)
Two women’s rights campaigners of Saudi Arabia have been released from jail. About three years ago, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took massive action against women activists who peacefully advocated greater freedom. Human rights groups informed on Sunday about the release of two women’s rights activists.
All activists detained in the 2018 crackdown appear to have been released from prison, but the release of Maya al-Zahrani, a female activist, is not yet clear. The London-based ‘ALQST’ rights group, which focuses mainly on Saudi Arabia, said the two women – Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sada – had been released late Saturday night or early Sunday. Given. Human Rights Watch also confirmed his release.
Was sentenced to jail for protesting ‘male guardianship laws’
The women were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, of which two years’ sentences have been suspended. These women openly criticized the male guardianship laws of Saudi Arabia. These laws empowered women’s husbands, fathers, and in some cases their sons, to control women’s access to passports and travel. He also advocated for giving women the right to drive. Both these restrictions have been removed.
Will not be able to give information about the events in the jail
Human rights groups said the two women were conditionally released and could not travel abroad for five years. He said that like other Saudi women’s rights activists released from prison, these two women could also face a ban from speaking to the media and posting anything online about their case.
Earlier, about a dozen women had told Saudi judges that during interrogation, masked men had hit them on their backs and thighs with canes and tortured them by taking them underwater. Some women allege that they were forcibly touched and were threatened with rape and death. A woman attempted suicide in jail.
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