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February 11, 2021

Saudi Women's Rights Activist Loujain al-Hathloul Released After 1,001 Days in Prison
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Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released
after being locked up for nearly three years in a Saudi prison. Her
sister posted a photo of her Wednesday with a caption reading: "Loujain
Hathloul at home after 1001 days in prison." Under the terms of her
release, Loujain al-Hathloul is barred from leaving Saudi Arabia and
prohibited from discussing her time in prison, where she was reportedly
subjected to electric shocks, waterboarding, flogging and sexual
assault. Loujain al-Hathloul was arrested in May 2018 after leading a
movement to lift a ban on women drivers and to overhaul the male
guardianship system in Saudi Arabia. She was released just days after
the Biden administration called on Saudi Arabia to release "political
prisoners such as women's rights advocates from Saudi jails."


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