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A Saudi court on Tuesday 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 syst…
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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.
A court in Saudi Arabia has upheld a nearly six-year sentence of activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who championed women’s right to drive and pushed for an end to the country’s male guardianship system. Ms Hathloul was sentenced in December under sweeping cybercrime and counterterrorirsm laws after a lengthy trial that drew widespread condemnation from around the world. She was released last month after serving half of her custodial term. Before her.
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