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Entisar al-Hammadi, Model Arrested in Yemen, Will Be Forced to Undergo Virginity Test, Lawyer Says
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Model Entisar al-Hammadi was arrested February 20 in Sana a, Yemen, and has remained in detention ever since. On Friday, Amnesty International released a statement saying the 20-year-old has been interrogated, abused and forced to confess to such offenses as drug possession and prostitution. Soon, her lawyer said, she will be forced to take a test to prove she s a virgin.
A member of security forces loyal to the Houthi rebels stands guard as supporters attend a rally in the Yemeni capital of Sana a on January 25.
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RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi court on Wednesday upheld the original sentence of women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who had championed women’s right to drive and for an end to Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system.
Hathloul was sentenced in December to nearly six years in prison under broad cybercrime and counterterrorism laws after a lengthy trial that drew widespread international condemnation, but she was released last month having served half of her custodial sentence.
Walking to the courthouse on Wednesday morning before the appeals hearing, Hathloul, 31, told reporters she hoped Riyadh’s Special Criminal Court would amend her sentence - her first public comments since her 2018 arrest. The court, however, ruled that it would stand.
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Saudi Woman Activist Freed After Nearly 3 Years In Jail, Family Says By Anuj Chopra
02/10/21 AT 8:04 PM
Saudi authorities on Wednesday released prominent women s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after nearly three years in detention, her family said, as the kingdom comes under renewed US pressure over its human rights record.
Hathloul, 31, was arrested in May 2018 with about a dozen other women activists just weeks before the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers, a reform they had long campaigned for, triggering a torrent of international criticism.
The release of the activist, who is still under probation and is barred from leaving Saudi Arabia, sparked euphoria among her siblings who had launched a vigorous campaign overseas for her freedom in a major embarrassment for the kingdom s rulers.