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May 21, 2018

Saudi Government Arrests Slew of Prominent Saudi Feminist Activists
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The Saudi government has arrested at least six of Saudi Arabia's most
prominent feminist activists, including women who have been campaigning
for decades for the right to drive. Their arrest comes only weeks before
the Saudi government is finally slated to lift the ban on women driving.
The feminists have now been organizing against Saudi Arabia's
guardianship system, under which women need the permission of a male
guardian to do almost everything. After their arrest, a Saudi government
spokesperson accused the women of seeking to "destabilize the kingdom
and breach its social structure and mar the national consistency."


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