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June 25, 2018

Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban on Women Drivers; Feminist Activists Remain Jailed
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Women in Saudi Arabia took to the streets-behind the wheel-Sunday to
celebrate the end of the ban on women drivers, which comes after a
decades-long campaign by Saudi women activists. Yet, even as Saudi women
celebrated Sunday, six of the country's most high-profile feminist
activists remain in prison, after being arrested in mid-May in a
targeted crackdown against feminist activists in Saudi Arabia.


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