Two women face terrorism charges for driving in Saudi Arabia

[uhnope]

Source: International Business Times UK

Two Saudi women are facing terrorism charges for defying the country's ban on female drivers.

Lujain al-Hathlool, 25, and Maysa al-Amoudi, 33, were arrested a month ago after the former was caught driving into Saudi Arabia from across the Emirati border.

A source close to the case told The Times: "Everyone is shocked. No one can understand why the government is pursuing the case like this. Saudi Arabia has bigger problems to deal with but Lujain and Maysa are seen as a threat." Hathlool was driving across the border to raise awareness of the difference in women's rights between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Amoudi, a journalist, was also detained when she came to help.

On Christmas Day, a judge declared that the case should be referred to the terrorist courts, such was the perceived seriousness of the crime.

Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/two-women-face-terrorism-charges-driving-saudi-arabia-1481331

[yuiyoshida]

1. I almost wish all that country's women

would get up and flee that country in droves. Leave the men behind to fend for themselves.. why anyone would stay there...idk , smh.

[StevieM]

8. They can't leave. They need the permission of their male guardian, usually their husband or father,

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just to travel. A woman's identification card in Saudia Arabia, if I recall correctly, carries the picture of her male guardian, not her own.

[yuiyoshida]

9. sounds like chattel

or slavery

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Seriously people are shocked?

Remember, Saudi Arabia is one of our closest allies.

[Lucky Luciano]

3. All Saydi women should withhold sex from their husbands.

Let's see how the Lysistrata strategy works.

[yardwork]

4. They would be beaten and killed. That happens to women a lot in Saudi Arabia anyway.

[Johnny Rash]

5. Let's not throw Saudi under the bus, just yet!

There is a far greater Human Right Issue in Saudi: The Beheading of the Dissidents!

Here's a link, you must see for yourself!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/20/us-saudi-execution-idUSKCN0I91G220141020

[Posteritatis]

6. Stuff like this isn't a competition. (nt)

[Johnny Rash]

10. And, your point is...?

[Matariki]

12. The point was made quite succinctly.

Can't imagine why you'd need to ask.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. Yes, but at least they have the right to not wear bikinis.

[question everything]

11. And this country is our ally (nt)