Saudi Arabia is moving to prosecute a group of women’s rights activists who have been detained for several months, its state news agency has announced.
The kingdom’s public prosecutor is thought to be preparing the trials of nine people arrested in June last year on suspicion of harming the country’s interests and offering support to hostile elements abroad.
The group comprised five men and four women.
At the time of their detention international rights groups reported that at least 11 prominent activists, mostly women, had been arrested.
They had previously campaigned for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom’s male guardianship system.
Some were later released, but activists have said that several of the women were held in solitary confinement for months and faced torture and sexual harassment. [The Independent] Read more
