Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia women
Saudi Arabia Needs More Meat on the Bone of Reforms
Like Qatar and its bid for the World Cup, Saudi Arabia is discovering the pitfalls of seeking soft power, whether through sports or religion, without...
How Real Is Saudi Religious Moderation?
Muhammad bin Abdul-Karim Al-Issa is the public face of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)’s version of moderate Islam. A 54-year-old former justice minister,...
HRW: Saudi Arabia Arrests More Women’s Rights Activists
Saudi Arabia detained two more women's rights advocates earlier this month and imposed a travel ban on several others in an ongoing crackdown in the...
Saudi Arabia Makes New Arrest in Crackdown on Activists
Saudi Arabia arrested prominent rights campaigner Mohammed al-Bajadi, Amnesty International said on Friday, as part of a crackdown mostly targeting advocates of women's rights in...
Saudi Arabia Frees Leading Women’s Rights Activist
Saudi Arabia has released veteran women's rights activist Aisha al-Manea following her arrest last week with several other activists in a crackdown just weeks before...
Saudi Crackdown Raises Specter of Wider Dissent
Saudi Prince Muhammad has dismissed and/or detained 11 princes, various senior government officials, top military officers and an unidentified number of prominent businessmen largely linked to...
Saudi Arabia Lifts Driving Ban for Women, Effective June 2018
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the oppression...
At Rio Games, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia Lose Their Olympic Spirit Over Israel
JNS.org - More than 11,000 world athletes have converged on Brazil’s second largest city, Rio de Janeiro, for the 2016 Summer Olympics, which began on Aug....
No Headscarf for Michelle Obama in Saudi Arabia Trip
AP - For first lady Michelle Obama, just a few hours in Saudi Arabia were enough to illustrate the stark limitations under which Saudi women...
