UN calls on Saudi Arabia to release jailed human rights defenders, including women activists

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Concerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an end to the ban on women driving – the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia to “unconditionally” release all those being held.

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July 31, 2018 at 12:50PM
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