Two Saudi Arabian women aaged 25 and 33 detained by authorities for nearly a month after flouting a ban on female drivers are set to be tried in a special court for terrorists. MSN News has more:
Loujain al-Hathloul, 25, and 33-year-old Maysa al-Alamoudi, a UAE-based journalist, are the first female drivers to be referred to the court in Riyadh.
According to activists, the pair are being brought before the court not for breaking the ban, but for their social media activity. Theirs is already the longest detention for women behind the wheel in Saudi history.
Sources close to the two women declined to comment further on the specific charges due to the sensitivity of the case – and for fear of reprisals.
According to the Associated Press, defence lawyers immediately appealed the judge’s decision to transfer their cases to the court, which was established to try terrorism cases, but which can also be used to try peaceful dissidents and activists. An appeals court in Dammam, the capital of Eastern Province, is expected to rule on the referral in the coming days, they said.
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