Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif Freed from Prison
Manal Al-Sharif, the 32-year-old Saudi feminist activist whose video of herself driving a car has sparked an internet-based campaign to in support of Saudi women’s rights, was released on Monday after ten days in Saudi Arabia’s Damman prison. Al-Sharif is a single mother with a five-year-old son, who was hospitalized during her imprisonment. According to some reports, Saudi authorities had threatened to remove custody of her son. Al-Sharif issued…
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