The case of around 10 women arrested last May in the weeks before a ban on women driving cars was lifted has intensified scrutiny of Riyadh’s human rights record after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Demonstrators from Amnesty International hold placards outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy on International Women's day to urge Saudi authorities to release jailed women's rights activists in Paris, on March 8, 2019. The placard reads: 'Freedom for Loujain, Aziza and Iman.
At the time of the arrests, the public prosecutor said five men and four women were being held on suspicion of harming the country’s interests and offering support to hostile elements abroad. State-backed media labelled them as traitors and “agents of embassies,” unnerving foreign diplomats in the key U.S. ally.
Activists say some of them, including Hathloul, were held in solitary confinement and subjected to mistreatment and torture, including electric shocks, flogging and sexual assault. Saudi officials have denied those allegations.
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