The brother of a leading Saudi women’s rights campaigner who is allegedly being tortured and sexually harassed in prison is fearful her treatment could be worsening.
Loujain al-Hathloul, who defied the kingdom’s recently overturned ban on female drivers, was arrested in May 2018 along with 10 other women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia.
The 29-year-old campaigner’s family and Human Rights Watch have alleged in recent months that she and other female detainees have been tortured and sexually harassed in jail.
Ms al-Hathloul has told her parents she has been held in solitary confinement, beaten, waterboarded, given electric shocks, sexually harassed and threatened with rape and murder. [The Independent] Read more
