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Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from jail
Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from a Saudi prison nearly three years after being arrested on charges that have drawn international condemnation.
Key points:
- Loujain al-Hathloul still faces a five-year travel ban ordered by the court
- Saudi authorities deny they subjected the 31-year-old to electric shocks, waterboarding, flogging and sexual assault
- US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed her release
Ms al-Hathloul, 31, was detained in May 2018 and sentenced in December to nearly six years in prison on charges that UN rights experts called “spurious” under broad counter-terrorism laws.
The court suspended two years and 10 months of her sentence,…
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