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Saudi Arabia releases prisoners of conscience not known to public March 6, 2021 at 10:42 am | Published in: Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia
A member of the Saudi police in Saudi Arabia on 17 September 2015 [MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images] March 6, 2021 at 10:42 am
Activists have revealed that Saudi authorities had started releasing prisoners of conscience not known to the public over the past few days. This comes amid tensions that have marred Riyadh s relations with the current US Biden administration, who criticised the conditions of activists in the kingdom.
Saudi activist and blogger Sultan Alamer posted on Twitter: Praise be to Allah, there are successive releases in Saudi Arabia of prisoners of conscience who are not famous and do hold dual nationalities.
Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to almost six years in prison last December under a broad counterterrorism law.
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released after nearly three years in jail The activist, whose arrest sparked an uproar over the kingdom’s human rights record, pushed for an end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in 2018 The Associated Press February 11, 2021 09:02:45 IST File image of Loujain al-Hathloul. AP
Dubai: One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists was released from prison Wednesday, her family said, after serving nearly three years on charges that sparked an international uproar over the kingdom’s human rights record.
Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed to end a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to almost six years in prison last December under a broad counterterrorism law. Held for 1001 days, with time in pre-trial detention and solitary confi
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