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180 Executions In 6 Months. What's Driving Saudi Arabia's Killing Spree In 2025
According to a new Amnesty International report published in July and data from the official Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom has executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025.
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Saudi Women Use Wedding Contracts To Assert Right To Drive
Saudi salesman Majd had just begun his wedding preparations when his fiancee sought to enshrine in their marriage contract a condition already guaranteed by law -- her right to drive.
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Saudi Arabia De-Fangs Religious Police But Plans To Enforce Public "Decency"
Saudi Arabia has rendered toothless the once-feared religious police amid a liberalisation drive, but a planned "public decency" law is stoking controversy with some fearing a revival of morality policing.
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"Magical": A Saudi Arabian Woman Drives A Formula One Car As Ban Ends
From the streets of Saudi Arabia to a French track, women are taking the wheel.
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End Of Driving Ban Will Boost Women's Economic Role In Saudi Arabia
The end of a decades-old female driving ban is expected to bring an economic windfall for millions of Saudi women, making it easier for them to work and do business.
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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 Women Can Drive At Last As Government Handover Licenses
Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported.
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Some Are Paying A High Price For Feminism In The 'New' Saudi Arabia
It was just days before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's March visit to the United States when Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most high profile feminists, was stopped by security officers as she drove on a highway near her university in Abu Dhabi
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Saudi Arabia Warns Women Not to Join Protest Against Ban on Driving
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry on Thursday issued a warning to women not to get behind the wheel in defiance of the kingdom's men-only road rules after a renewed social media campaign to challenge the law by driving in public.
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US backs rights of women in ally Saudi to drive
The United States said on Monday it supports the "universal rights" of women to drive in Saudi Arabia, after a weekend protest there saw several women defy the law by taking the steering wheel.
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180 Executions In 6 Months. What's Driving Saudi Arabia's Killing Spree In 2025
According to a new Amnesty International report published in July and data from the official Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom has executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025.
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Saudi Women Use Wedding Contracts To Assert Right To Drive
Saudi salesman Majd had just begun his wedding preparations when his fiancee sought to enshrine in their marriage contract a condition already guaranteed by law -- her right to drive.
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Saudi Arabia De-Fangs Religious Police But Plans To Enforce Public "Decency"
Saudi Arabia has rendered toothless the once-feared religious police amid a liberalisation drive, but a planned "public decency" law is stoking controversy with some fearing a revival of morality policing.
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"Magical": A Saudi Arabian Woman Drives A Formula One Car As Ban Ends
From the streets of Saudi Arabia to a French track, women are taking the wheel.
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End Of Driving Ban Will Boost Women's Economic Role In Saudi Arabia
The end of a decades-old female driving ban is expected to bring an economic windfall for millions of Saudi women, making it easier for them to work and do business.
-
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.
-
Saudi Women Can Drive At Last As Government Handover Licenses
Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported.
-
Some Are Paying A High Price For Feminism In The 'New' Saudi Arabia
It was just days before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's March visit to the United States when Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most high profile feminists, was stopped by security officers as she drove on a highway near her university in Abu Dhabi
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Saudi Arabia Warns Women Not to Join Protest Against Ban on Driving
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry on Thursday issued a warning to women not to get behind the wheel in defiance of the kingdom's men-only road rules after a renewed social media campaign to challenge the law by driving in public.
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US backs rights of women in ally Saudi to drive
The United States said on Monday it supports the "universal rights" of women to drive in Saudi Arabia, after a weekend protest there saw several women defy the law by taking the steering wheel.
