Loujain al-Halthloul, Saudi Rights Activist, Gets Prison Sentence

Saudi Activist Who Fought for Women’s Right to Drive Is Sentenced to Prison
Loujain al-Hathloul, who was arrested just before the driving ban was lifted, was charged with undermining the kingdom in a case that supporters decried as a political persecution.
Dec. 28, 2020
CAIRO — One of Saudi Arabia’s best-known prisoners, the women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, was sentenced on Monday to five years and eight months in prison, capping a two-and-a-half-year legal ordeal that rights groups and her supporters called punishment for her political advocacy.
Ms. al-Hathloul was first arrested in May 2018 along with others who had pushed to end a ban on women driving. She was later charged with undermining the kingdom and its political system by communicating with foreign diplomats, journalists and rights organizations and pushing for women’s rights.

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