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How a Software Glitch in an Activist’s iPhone Exposed NSO Group and Hacking Around the World
A software glitch in a Saudi women’s rights activist’s iPhone turned the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies, which is now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.
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Saudi Arabia Releases Two Jailed Women Activists: Rights Group
Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday.
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Saudi Woman Activist Freed After Nearly 3 Years In Jail
Saudi authorities on Wednesday released prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after nearly three years in detention, her family said, as the kingdom comes under renewed US pressure over its human rights record.
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Jailed Saudi Activist Told To Deny Torture In Release Deal, Says Family
Loujain al-Hathloul, an imprisoned women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia, refused an offer of freedom in exchange for recording a videotaped statement testifying that she had not been tortured, her siblings said this week.
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Four Woman Activists Temporarily Released In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Thursday released at least four more detained women activists pending trial, campaigners said, bringing the total number of women provisionally freed to seven.
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Saudi Arabia To Put Detained Women Activists On Trial
Saudi women activists detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on campaigners will be put on trial, state media said Friday.
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We're Not "Banana Republic," Says Saudi Arabia, Demands Canada Apologise
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister asked Canada to apologise for demanding the release of Saudi women's rights activists and stop treating the kingdom as "a banana republic" if it wanted to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
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Saudi Women Gear Up For New Freedom As Driving Ban Ends Tomorrow
Women will hit the roads in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with the lifting of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the conservative kingdom.
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Why Some Saudi Women Will Keep Their Driving Licences a Secret
Saudi Arabia's monarch may have opened the door for Saudi women like Shahd to start driving, but she still needs to sneak out of the house to take lessons.
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Two More Women Activists Arrested In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women's rights activists, in an "unrelenting crackdown" just days before the kingdom ends a decades-long ban on female motorists, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia Releases 8 People Held In Activist Crackdown
Saudi Arabia has temporarily released eight people accused of communicating with organisations opposed to the kingdom but is holding nine others in detention, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia Frees 4 Women's Rights Activists, Associates Say
Saudi Arabia has released four women's rights activists who were among a group arrested last week, a month before a ban on women driving is set to end, fellow activists and Amnesty International said on Thursday.
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Saudi Arrests Drive Home The Message That Change Comes From The Top
Saudi Arabia this week branded its most iconic women's rights advocates as "traitors", sending what analysts and activists say is an unmistakeable message: future change comes only from the throne.
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Saudi Arabia Said To Detain Women's Rights Advocates Who Challenged Driving Ban
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have detained at least five prominent human-rights activists, including women who for years campaigned to win Saudi women the right to drive, according to people with knowledge of the arrests.
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Saudi Women "Exposed To Double Vulnerability", Say Rights Group
Despite enjoying some newfound freedoms such as the right to attend a football match, Saudi women, particularly rights activists, continue to be silenced, two rights groups said Wednesday.
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How a Software Glitch in an Activist’s iPhone Exposed NSO Group and Hacking Around the World
A software glitch in a Saudi women’s rights activist’s iPhone turned the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies, which is now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.
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Saudi Arabia Releases Two Jailed Women Activists: Rights Group
Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday.
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Saudi Woman Activist Freed After Nearly 3 Years In Jail
Saudi authorities on Wednesday released prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul after nearly three years in detention, her family said, as the kingdom comes under renewed US pressure over its human rights record.
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Jailed Saudi Activist Told To Deny Torture In Release Deal, Says Family
Loujain al-Hathloul, an imprisoned women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia, refused an offer of freedom in exchange for recording a videotaped statement testifying that she had not been tortured, her siblings said this week.
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Four Woman Activists Temporarily Released In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Thursday released at least four more detained women activists pending trial, campaigners said, bringing the total number of women provisionally freed to seven.
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Saudi Arabia To Put Detained Women Activists On Trial
Saudi women activists detained last year in a sweeping crackdown on campaigners will be put on trial, state media said Friday.
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We're Not "Banana Republic," Says Saudi Arabia, Demands Canada Apologise
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister asked Canada to apologise for demanding the release of Saudi women's rights activists and stop treating the kingdom as "a banana republic" if it wanted to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
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Saudi Women Gear Up For New Freedom As Driving Ban Ends Tomorrow
Women will hit the roads in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with the lifting of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the conservative kingdom.
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Why Some Saudi Women Will Keep Their Driving Licences a Secret
Saudi Arabia's monarch may have opened the door for Saudi women like Shahd to start driving, but she still needs to sneak out of the house to take lessons.
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Two More Women Activists Arrested In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women's rights activists, in an "unrelenting crackdown" just days before the kingdom ends a decades-long ban on female motorists, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia Releases 8 People Held In Activist Crackdown
Saudi Arabia has temporarily released eight people accused of communicating with organisations opposed to the kingdom but is holding nine others in detention, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia Frees 4 Women's Rights Activists, Associates Say
Saudi Arabia has released four women's rights activists who were among a group arrested last week, a month before a ban on women driving is set to end, fellow activists and Amnesty International said on Thursday.
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Saudi Arrests Drive Home The Message That Change Comes From The Top
Saudi Arabia this week branded its most iconic women's rights advocates as "traitors", sending what analysts and activists say is an unmistakeable message: future change comes only from the throne.
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Saudi Arabia Said To Detain Women's Rights Advocates Who Challenged Driving Ban
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have detained at least five prominent human-rights activists, including women who for years campaigned to win Saudi women the right to drive, according to people with knowledge of the arrests.
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Saudi Women "Exposed To Double Vulnerability", Say Rights Group
Despite enjoying some newfound freedoms such as the right to attend a football match, Saudi women, particularly rights activists, continue to be silenced, two rights groups said Wednesday.
