Saudi Arabia Women

A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a court document obtained on Wednesday. It was the second such sentence that has drawn scrutiny of the kingdom this month. Little is known about Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani, who hails from one of the biggest tribes in Saudi Arabia and has no apparent history of activism. An official charge sheet seen by The Associated Press and human rights groups describes her case as involving her social media use, though Saudi officials did not respond to requests for comment. The sentence follows international outcry over a similar 34-year prison sentence handed down to Salma al-Shehab, a Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University in England. Earlier this month, a specialised criminal court delivered the 45-year sentence under the kingdom's broad counterterrorism and cybercrime laws. That court, which normally handles political and national security cas

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with aiding dissidents

They are dressed in military khaki uniform, with a hip-length jacket, loose trousers and a black beret over a veil covering their hair.

Apart from the usual weight and height criteria, female applicants to the military need to have had at least a high school education.

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The oil-rich kingdom will allow women to drive from Sunday, ending its status as the only country in the world to ban half the population from getting behind the wheel

The end of Saudi Arabia's infamous ban on women driving came to an end with a mixture of excitement and trepidation

Prince Mohammed has opened cinemas, loosened gender segregation, curbed the powers of the religious police

Saudi Arabia has some of the world's tightest restrictions on women, was the only country to impose a ban on women driving

Some state that the decision came as a natural consequence of the gradual reform policy adopted by the previous king

Until now, only men were issues licences and women who drove in public risked being arrested and fined

Hired- driver services like Uber could see a drop in demand

Saudi King Salman yesterday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars for the first time

The kingdom was the only the country in the world to bar women from driving