Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia

A current and ongoing civil rights issue is the equality of women and women's rights in Saudi Arabia, because they are not being respected as being equal human beings to men, and as there are now more activists campaigning for equality rights for women, they are instead being imprisoned. One specific story is of 3 Saudi Arabian women who were jailed last year for campaigning  to lift the driving ban and to dismantle the restrictive guardianship laws. As of March 2019, these 3 women, Rokaya Mohareb, Aziza al-Yousef and Eman al-Nafjan, have been released and their trials are now moving through criminal court, but the conditions of their release are unknown. The 11 women, including Rokaya, Aziza, and Eman, appeared before a three-judge panel, where in the second session, they alleged that they were sexually abused tortured throughout their imprisonment, which lead one woman to attempt suicide, due to the mistreatment They also testified that they had been subjected to caning, electrocution, and waterboarding by their masked male interrogators, who didn’t identify themselves. Some women have also said that they were forcible touched and groped, forced to break their fast during Ramadan, and threatened with rape and death and the women say the abuse took place during interrogations last year in the Red Sea city of Jeddah before they were moved to Riyadh, where they are being tried. Another Saudi activist’s story, Loujain al-Hathloul, has created global outcry, as she was not among the women released. Many of these women, including Rokaya, Aziza, and Eman, are all among the country’s most prominent figures of women activism and advocacy. They are using their influence over social media, the women have fought to earn women the right to drive and pushed the crown prince to end male guardianship laws that severely limit women's freedoms, which are the laws require a man's consent or presence for women to obtain a passport, travel abroad, marry or undergo certain medical procedures. Just this month, these women have now attended their third court session just yesterday, and have been told that their trials will continue for at least another two weeks. There were no verdicts found for the women, and its expected that some verdicts will be issued once the rest of the other eight women still imprisoned are due back for their fourth court appearance, on April 17th. The siblings of one of the prominent detainees, activist Loujain al-Hathloul, said they were being pressured by people close to the Saudi state to remain silent over her treatment in detention. Despite all of this, the Saudi government denies the women were tortured or harassed. This is a current and ongoing civil rights issue among all women in Saudi Arabia, pertaining to their rights as having equal rights to men, and this one story, shows how they are tortured and imprisoned for the rights that they deserve.

 Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707722564/saudi-arabia-releases-3-womens-rights-activists-from-prison-others-still-held

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/04/saudi-women-activists-court-releases-190403134008645.html

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