Trial of detained Saudi women's activist postponed in Riyadh
A court hearing for Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul is delayed for a week.
The latest hearing in the trial of outspoken Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been postponed until next week, her sister said on Twitter.
Nearly two years into her detention, Hathloul was due in a Riyadh court today for what Amnesty International has called a “sham trial.” Hathloul’s sister Lina al-Hathloul said no reason was given for the delay in court proceedings until March 18.
Hathloul and at least 12 other women were imprisoned in May 2018 over their activism, including campaigning for women’s driving rights and pushing to end male guardianship in the country.
"The very existence of this sham trial pulls the veil off of the authorities' so-called push for reforms in the kingdom. How can they initiate change in the country when the very women who fought for these reforms are still being punished for it?" Lynn Maalouf, the Middle East research director for Amnesty International, said in a statement published Monday.
