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Human rights activists arrested in Saudi Arabia, protest against compulsory veil in Iran
22-5-2018
Human Rights Watch noted on Friday that the Saudi authorities have detained 7 human rights and women’s rights activists since May 15. The charges, HRW stated, were unprecedented against them especially that their activities were limited to advocating women’s rights to drive, abolishing male guardianship system and defending freedom of expression detainees. HRW statement stressed that these arrests were blatantly in violation lwith the recent reform and modernization campaign spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohamad Bin Salman. On the subject, the Middle East Director at Human Rights Watch pointed out that said campaign has been a rage of fear for genuine Saudi reformers who openly and publicly advocated for human rights or women empowerment. On the other hand, Al Diyar newspaper brought attention today to the movement launched 5 years ago by Masih Alinejad against the compulsory veil in Iran and which attracted thousands of women. The protest movement, Al Diyar wrote, travelled fast on social media inspiring scores of activists to plan and organize unprecedented demos in the streets of Iran, and wondered if this means the movement is very close to achieving its goals. For more on the subject, kindly visit the following link::https://goo.gl/TDm9y8. (Al Diyar, May 22, 2018)
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