Trial to start in Saudi Arabia for jailed female activists, relatives and rights groups say

By Kareem Fahim Kareem Fahim Istanbul bureau chief covering the Middle East Email Bio Follow March 12 at 6:51 PM ISTANBUL — Several prominent women’s rights activists are to appear in a Saudi court Wednesday, nearly a year after they were arrested on charges of undermining national security, according to human rights groups and a relative of one detainee.

Loujain had not been notified of the charges in the indictment or been given access to a lawyer, her sister said in a text message. Amnesty International and Saudi human rights activists said they had confirmed the names of at least three other women who were told to appear in the Riyadh court. A Saudi government media office did not immediately respond to queries about the hearing.

Also due in court Wednesday, according to Amnesty and other people briefed on the cases, are Eman al-Nafjan, who wrote a widely read feminist blog before her arrest; Aziza al-Yousef, a retired professor and veteran of the Saudi women’s rights movement; and Amal al-Harbi, who advocated for political prisoners, including her husband, Fowzan al-Harbi, a jailed human rights activist.

The CIA concluded with medium to high confidence that Mohammed had ordered Khashoggi’s killing. The Saudi government denied that the crown prince was responsible and said it was prosecuting 11 Saudi officials accused of carrying out the killing.

Ask for freedom in KSA and you are thrown in jail. Maybe after a year behind bars you get a trial. Accusation: you asked for freedom which is against Saudi law. Freedom is normal in other countries, so you must be a foreign agent, a traitor... What a ridiculous country.

Fake news lol🤷‍♂️

Saudi Arabia, contrary to what is being spouted by the western media, is puting these women in the hands of the law.

Zionist WP and rest of Murdoch & friends media mafia save no effort to use any SaudiArabia’s internal matter & fabricate it to incite against Saudi leadership as part of a witch hunt campaign,,they never report positively about any achievements in Saudi Arabia no matter what

Is she being on trial for the tacky sunglasses?

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2 imprison a grown adult who is capbable of & 4 driving a car is EVIL & it only exemplifies just how EVIL the nation of SAUDI A is, being that an innocent perosn 2 b tried, convicted & sentenced as a criminal by CRIMINALS is a state that is not run by men, but COWARDS

Hmmmm

Spies and and agents working for foriegn countries cannot be called human rights activists.

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