Biography womens rights activists in saudi arabia
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Release Women&#;s Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia
Scholars at Risk joins over 50 other human rights organizations in calling for the immediate release of Saudi women&#;s rights activists including scholar Hatoon Al-Fassi.
Hatoon Al-Fassi is an Associate Professor of women&#;s history at King Saud University who has acted as an advocate for women&#;s rights in Saudi Arabia. Her detention in June appears to be in connection with her leadership within the movement to oppose Saudi Arabia&#;s ban on women driving. Scholars at fara has conducted advocacy on behalf of Dr. Al-Fassi, and has called for her immediate release.
Saudi Arabia: Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of women’s rights defenders
1 March
The following letter was sent to over 30 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of States calling on UN Member States to adopt a resolution at the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council calling explicitly for the immediate and unconditional release of the detaine
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Manal al-Sharif
Saudi Arabian activist (born )
Manal al-Sharif (Arabic: منال الشريف, romanized:&#;Manāl Aš-Šarīf, pronounced[maˈnaːlaʃːaˈriːf]; born 25 April ) is a Saudi women's rights activist who helped start a right-to-drive campaign in Wajeha al-Huwaider filmed al-Sharif driving a car as part of the campaign.[6] The video was posted on YouTube and Facebook.[4][5] Al-Sharif was detained on 21 May , released, and rearrested the following day.[2][7] On 30 May, al-Sharif was released on bail,[8] on the conditions of returning for questioning if required, not driving, and not talking to the media.[9]The New York Times and Associated Press associated the women's driving campaign as part of the Arab Spring and the long duration of al-Sharif's detention due to Saudi authorities' fear of protests.[10][11]
Following her driving campaign, al-Sharif remained an active critic of th
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Saudi authorities release three women’s rights activists
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have released three prominent women’s rights activists, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
The three are part of a group of 11 women’s rights campaigners who have rallied for more liberties, including the abolition of the male guardianship system that, among other things, prevents women from travelling without the permission of a male relative.
Aisha al-Mana, Hessa al-Sheikh, and Madeha al-Ajroush were released less than a week after their initial detention, in what many critics view as a crackdown on dissent.
“We can confirm the release of Aisha al-Mana, Hessa al-Sheikh, and Madeha al-Ajroush, but we don’t know the conditions behind it,” said Samah Hadid, Middle East director of campaigns at Amnesty.
“We call on Saudi authorities to release all other human rights defenders unconditionally and immediately.”
There was no immediate comment from Saudi officials and the fate of other detained