Loujain al-Hathloul was released, but other Saudi women activists remain behind bars
MEE takes a look at other advocates still imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for pushing for women s rights in the kingdom
MEE takes a look at the women s rights activists still behind bars in Saudi Arabia (Illustration by Mohamad Elasaar/MEE) By Published date: 10 February 2021 17:09 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago
After more than 1,000 days in detention, Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released on probation on Wednesday, according to her sister.
Loujain is at home !!!!!!
Hathloul was arrested in May 2018 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and sent to Saudi Arabia, where she faced trial on a loosely worded terror law often used to prosecute activists.
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Sheikh Mohammed Habib AlMuqdad, both of whom are considered prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International, having been prosecuted and sentenced to life imprisonment for peacefully exercising their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and subjected to torture and other ill-treatment including denial of medical care.
In April 2011, security forces violently arrested
Al-Khawaja and broke his jaw, leading to surgery for four broken bones in his face. Security officers tortured Al-Khawaja directly after his major jaw surgery, while blindfolded and restrained to a military hospital bed, which forced the doctor to ask the security officers to stop as it would undo the surgical work. Almost ten years later he still suffers from chronic pain and requires additional surgery to remove the metal plates and screws that were used to reattach his jaw.