Continuing incarceration of women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia, ‘reprehensible’: UN experts

October 12, 2018 chhaymam@chhaymam.com FindSomeOne International People Search 0

UN human rights experts are urging Saudi Arabia to “immediately and unconditionally” release all women human rights defenders, including six imprisoned on charges relating to their peaceful defence of human rights.

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