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A personal photo shows the activist during a car trip in 2014, a trip that landed her in prison. Stock Photography.
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has launched a new hunger strike to demand more rights in prison. Announce the activist’s family.
Loujain al-Hathloul has been imprisoned since 2018 for her commitment to women’s rights in the country, one of the countless issues she was involved in was the right of women to drive a car.
Just over a month before it was legal for Saudi women to drive a car, she and a dozen other activists were arrested. She has yet to be heard in court.
What now leads the activist to go on hunger strike is that she has been denied weekly contact with her family. As visits to the prison are not allowed during the ongoing pandemic, contact must be made by phone once a week, something the activist has been denied for periods of time.
“Loujain has said that she is tired of being treated badly and deprived of the opportunity to hear her family’s voices. She has announced that she will go on a hunger strike until she is allowed to make her calls,” wrote activist sister Lina al- Hathloul on Twitter.
Just over a year ago, Loujain al-Hathloul accused the Saudi authorities of torturing and sexually harassing her in prison, information denied by the authorities.
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