Women to drive movement
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... Until June 2018, Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world in which women were forbidden from driving motor vehicles.[1] The Women to Drive Movement ... was a campaign by Saudi women, whom the government denies many rights to which men are entitled,[2] for the right to drive motor vehicles on public roads.

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In late November 2018, the Women to Drive campaigners detained in Dhahban Central Prison were tortured. According to Human Rights Watch, several of the women were lashed and given electric shocks, one was "made to hang for long periods of time from the ceiling" and one tried several times to commit suicide.[61] As of 21 November 2018, the women had been publicly accused of "undermining state security and aiding enemies of the state" but had not yet been charged.[62]

As of 20 November 2018, according to the Saudi newspaper Okaz, the women were to be tried at the Specialized Criminal Court, with prosecutors calling for prison terms of up to 20 years.[63]

In late March 2019, the women presented their defence and described physical and sexual abuse they had endured in captivity. Aziza al-Yousef, Dr Rokaya Mohareb and Eman al-Nafjan were released on bail.[64] ...