There seems to be no lengths to which the authorities in Saudi Arabia would not go, to crush dissent and attack anyone thinking of supporting those being silenced.
Not content with trying a group of female activists for their efforts in getting a long-time ban on women driving lifted – which was put into effect and turned into a global PR exercise to show how the kingdom was reforming – they recently arrested at least seven further people who were supporting them.
In May of 2018, a month before the decree lifting the ban was passed, a huge crackdown against the female activists began. Since then, at least 22 women have been arrested, with several reports indicating incidents of sexual harassment and torture in detention. Eleven of the women arrested are currently on trial, which began last month.
