Saudi Arabia - Detains 2 women drivers who have valid UAE licenses at border

[sharon sanders]

Saudi Arabia: Release Women Driving Activists
Police Detain 2 at UAE Border

DECEMBER 2, 2014


Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director

(Beirut) ? Saudi authorities detained two women on the Saudi side of the border with the United Arab Emirates on December 1, one of whom tried to drive a car across to Saudi Arabia. Saudi activists told Human Rights Watch that Lujain al-Hathloul, 25, and Maysa al-`Amoudi, 33, both Saudis holding valid UAE driving licenses, are in detention but do not know whether they will face criminal charges.

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http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/12/02/saudi-arabia-release-women-driving-activists

[Shiloh]

Re: Saudi Arabia - Detains 2 women drivers who have valid UAE licenses at border

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/relatives-2-sa...RUTX0AvhfQtDMD


Saudi extends detention of women drivers
Associated Press
By AYA BATRAWY 10 hours ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? Two Saudi women detained nearly a week ago for violating the kingdom's female driving ban were ordered held for 25 more days on Sunday, a relative told The Associated Press.

The women, who were arrested Dec. 1 after driving into Saudi Arabia from the United Arab Emirates, are supporters of a grassroots campaign launched last year to oppose the ban. The two women have a combined Twitter following of more than 355,000...

[sharon sanders]

Saudi Antiterrorism Court to Try Women Held for Driving

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DEC. 25, 2014


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two Saudi women detained for nearly a month after they defied edicts that prohibit women from driving were referred on Thursday to a court established to try terrorism cases, several people close to the defendants said.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/26/wo...ref=world&_r=0