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Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban on Women Drivers; Feminist Activists Remain Jailed

HeadlineJun 25, 2018

Women in Saudi Arabia took to the streets—behind the wheel—Sunday to celebrate the end of the ban on women drivers, which comes after a decades-long campaign by Saudi women activists. Yet, even as Saudi women celebrated Sunday, six of the country’s most high-profile feminist activists remain in prison, after being arrested in mid-May in a targeted crackdown against feminist activists in Saudi Arabia.

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