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Saudi Arabia Woman Gets 45 Years In Jail Over Social Media Posts: Report
A Saudi woman has been jailed for 45 years for her social media posts, a rights group said citing court documents, marking the second such case in weeks.
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Woman In Saudi Arabia Sentenced To 34 Years In Jail Over "Activity On Twitter": Report
A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, according to court documents seen by AFP on 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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Women Are Getting More Jobs Than Ever In Changing Saudi Arabia
It looks like a woman's world on the 29th floor of Tamkeen Tower, where a call center for Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics overlooks the beige sprawl of Riyadh.
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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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Saudi Activist Who Campaigned For Women's Right To Drive Jailed For Nearly 6 Years
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
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Saudi Women "Absent" From Family Can't Travel Alone, Despite Reforms
Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions on women but observers say loopholes still allow male relatives to curtail their movements and, in the worst cases, leave them marooned in prison-like shelters.
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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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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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Apple, Google Called On to Stop Offering Saudi App That Tracks Women
Human rights groups are calling on Apple and Google to consider the abuse and discrimination that the app could fuel.
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Saudi-Backed Organization Denounces Nations For "Inciting" Women To Flee
An organisation backed by Saudi Arabia accused several foreign countries of inciting young women to reject their families, the first public comments from Riyadh since a woman claiming domestic abuse was granted asylum in Canada over the weekend.
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In Step To Ensure "Rights", Saudi Women To Get Divorce Notices Over Text
Saudi women will no longer be the last to know they've been divorced.
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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 Blowback Over Women's Rights Gives A Boost To Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau's attempts to export his "sunny" progressive ways have hit another roadblock, this time with Saudi Arabia. Yet unlike in recent spats with China and India, Canada's prime minister may get a slight boost at home for his support of women's rights.
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Saudi Arabia Woman Gets 45 Years In Jail Over Social Media Posts: Report
A Saudi woman has been jailed for 45 years for her social media posts, a rights group said citing court documents, marking the second such case in weeks.
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Woman In Saudi Arabia Sentenced To 34 Years In Jail Over "Activity On Twitter": Report
A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, according to court documents seen by AFP on 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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Women Are Getting More Jobs Than Ever In Changing Saudi Arabia
It looks like a woman's world on the 29th floor of Tamkeen Tower, where a call center for Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics overlooks the beige sprawl of Riyadh.
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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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Saudi Activist Who Campaigned For Women's Right To Drive Jailed For Nearly 6 Years
A Saudi court on Monday sentenced prominent women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to nearly six years in prison, her family said, after her conviction in a trial that has drawn international condemnation.
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Saudi Women "Absent" From Family Can't Travel Alone, Despite Reforms
Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions on women but observers say loopholes still allow male relatives to curtail their movements and, in the worst cases, leave them marooned in prison-like shelters.
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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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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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Apple, Google Called On to Stop Offering Saudi App That Tracks Women
Human rights groups are calling on Apple and Google to consider the abuse and discrimination that the app could fuel.
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Saudi-Backed Organization Denounces Nations For "Inciting" Women To Flee
An organisation backed by Saudi Arabia accused several foreign countries of inciting young women to reject their families, the first public comments from Riyadh since a woman claiming domestic abuse was granted asylum in Canada over the weekend.
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In Step To Ensure "Rights", Saudi Women To Get Divorce Notices Over Text
Saudi women will no longer be the last to know they've been divorced.
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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 Blowback Over Women's Rights Gives A Boost To Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau's attempts to export his "sunny" progressive ways have hit another roadblock, this time with Saudi Arabia. Yet unlike in recent spats with China and India, Canada's prime minister may get a slight boost at home for his support of women's rights.
