{"id":18007,"date":"2020-12-28T08:55:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T13:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18007"},"modified":"2020-12-28T08:55:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T13:55:47","slug":"loujain-al-hathloul-saudi-woman-activist-jailed-for-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/12\/28\/loujain-al-hathloul-saudi-woman-activist-jailed-for-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Loujain al-Hathloul: Saudi woman activist jailed for five years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A prominent Saudi female activist, who campaigned for women’s right to drive, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Loujain al-Hathloul, 31, has already been in a maximum security prison for two and a half years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She and other activists were detained in 2018 on charges including contacts with organisations hostile to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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International human rights groups have repeatedly called for her release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But on Monday, the country’s Specialised Criminal Court, which was set up to try terrorism cases, convicted her of various charges including trying to harm national security and advance a foreign agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It sentenced her to five years and eight months in prison. Two years and ten months of the sentence are said to have been suspended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She and her family have denied all charges. They have also said that she has been tortured in jail – accusations the court dismissed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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