Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul contender for Nobel Peace Prize

Record ID: 1435157

  • Title: Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul contender for Nobel Peace Prize
  • Date: 4th October 2019
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - MARCH 8, 2019) (REUTERS) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS HOLDING CARDBOARD CUTOUTS OF SAUDI WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS LOUJAIN AL-HATHLOUL, EMAN AL-NAFJAN AND AZIZA AL-YOUSEF PROTESTERS OUTSIDE SAUDI EMBASSY / POLICE VEHICLE PARKED SIGN READING (French): "FREEDOM FOR BRAVE LOUJAIN, AZIZA, AND EMAN" GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (FILE - MARCH 7, 2019) (REUTERS) CEILING OF UNITED NATIONS CHAMBER ROOM / U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION ONGOING (SOUNDBITE) (English) ICELAND AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. IN GENEVA, HARALD ASPELUND, SAYING: "Human rights defenders and civil society groups can and should play a vital role in the process of reform which the Kingdom is pursuing. We join the High Commissioner and the Special Rapporteur on the call upon the Saudi authorities to release all individuals, including Loujain Al-Hathloul, Eman Al-Nafjan, Aziza Al-Yousef, Nassima Al-Sadah, Samar Badawi, Nouf Abdulaziz, Hatoon Al-Fassi, Mohammed Al-Bajadi, Amal Al-Harbi and Shadan al-Anezi, detained for exercising their fundamental freedoms." U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION ONGOING
  • Embargoed: 18th October 2019 11:07
  • Keywords: Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul Saudi driving ban Nobel Peace Prize
  • Location: UNKNOWN LOCATION / PARIS, FRANCE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • City: UNKNOWN LOCATION / PARIS, FRANCE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA002AZPPL53
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  • Story Text: Jailed Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize after being put forward by group of Norwegian and Canadian politicians.
    Hathloul, along with at least a dozen other women's rights activists, were arrested over a year ago as Saudi Arabia ended a ban on women driving cars, which many of the detainees had long campaigned for. Local media tarred them as traitors.
    The case has drawn global criticism and provoked anger in European capitals and the U.S. Congress following last year's murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate.
    Rights groups say at least three of the women, including Hathloul, were held in solitary confinement for months and subjected to abuse including electric shocks, flogging, and sexual assault.
    Saudi officials have denied torture allegations and said the arrests were made on suspicion of harming Saudi interests and offering support to hostile elements abroad.
    (Production: Soraya Ali, Vin Shahrestani)
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