A Saudi woman jailed for disobeying her father has been freed after more than six months in prison, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
Samar Badawi, who was thrown in prison without formal charge or trial by a Jeddah judge, was released on Monday after a 12-day concerted media and Internet campaign on her behalf by human-rights activists both inside and outside Saudi Arabia, said lawyer Waleed Abu Alkhair.
The activists had petitioned for King Abdullah to intervene in the case, which they said was an example of the abuses of the country's very rigid guardian system for women.
"The release came after judges saw the 12-day campaign, which made a lot of people pay attention to the case," Alkhair said. Saudi woman freed after months in jail for disobeying father. [Agence France-Presse] Read more
