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 have 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 sentenced to almost six years in prison last December under a broad counterterrorism law. Held for 1001 days, with stints in pre-trial detention and solitary confinement, she was accused of crimes such as agitating for change and pursuing a foreign agenda charges that rights groups describe as politically motivated. Loujain is at home! her sister Lina al-Hathloul declared on Twitter alongside a screenshot showing a flushed Loujain beaming on a family video call.
wanted me to do, what israel wanted me to do. i got rid of that bad obama iran nuclear deal that maybe stopped nuclear weapons, but it was no obama deal. we should get rid of that. make israel happy and then they will cooperate together. anything that throws that off of the path that the president had in mind is a problem for him because after all, we are all still waiting for this vaunted middle east peace plan which is supposed to solve all problems. meanwhile, nothing has occurred. we have not in any way pushed iran back out of the region. we have a horrific war in yemen that has been led by the crown prince of saudi arabia. we have an israeli government that is under pressure. the prime minister just had to push back a possible no-confidence vote in his own country because of what s happening in gaza. we have a meltdown with qatar between saudi arabia and qatar. we have political prisoners in saudi arabia. we have what my former boss friend and partner have said,
the prime minister just had to push back a possible no-confidence vote in his own country because of what s happening in gaza. we have a meltdown with qatar between saudi arabia and qatar. we have political prisoners in saudi arabia. we have what my former boss and friend and partner have said, madeleine albright, what we call in diplomacy, a mess. in terms of this vaunted plan, if this plan is, a, the big idea of the trump administration on foreign policy, and b, in the meantime, it s something that will excuse even the most horrific behavior by our supposed allies in this vaunted plan, is it worth it? is that plan remotely realistic? is there any reason that the united states should be doing the kind of stuff that they re doing right now in order to prop that up because of some larger game in mind? well, you know, every administration has to walk and chew gum. this administration seems to walk and gain money, and we don t know what all the personal