Pleas for condemned Saudi 'witch' Posted: 8 months ago by mutil8or
Human Rights Watch has appealed to Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a woman convicted of witchcraft.
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Woman fights for chimp's rights Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A woman in Austria is engaged in a legal battle to win legal guardianship of a chimpanzee to fight for its "human" rights. Keeper Paula Stibbe, a native Briton, said primates such as Matthew -- the chimp in question -- should be given the same rights as human beings in the legal system.
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Saudi Cops Grab U.S. Woman In Starbucks Posted: 8 months ago by dollyllama
An American businesswoman was carted off to jail by religious police in Saudi Arabia for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks in Riyadh, the Times of London reported.
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Saudi woman defies driving ban to mark women's day Posted: 7 months ago by 2manyusernames
A Saudi woman activist marked this year's International Women's Day by defying a ban on women driving in the ultra-conservative kingdom and posted a video of her act on YouTube.
More than 1,100 Saudi men and women signed a petition to King Abdullah urging him to lift the controversial ban on women driving.
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Saudi Arabia walked out on OPEC Posted: 1 month ago by bernardblack
They refused to honor the cartel's production cut. Saudi Arabia is the worlds's largest crude exporter. Their leaving OPEC could signal the death of the organization or at least the removal of its teeth.
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Saudi Women Lobby King for Driving Right Posted: 1 year ago by DemureArt
The driving ban applies to all women, Saudi and foreign, and forces families to hire live-in drivers. Women whose families cannot afford $300-$400 a month for a driver must rely on male relatives to drive them to work, school, shopping or the doctor's.
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Saudi wants divorce after husband lifts her veil Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A 50-year-old Saudi woman asked for divorce after her husband lifted her face veil while she was sleeping, local press reported.
For 30 years, the wife said she never showed her face to her husband in conformity with the tradition of her native village near the south western Saudi city of Khamis Mushayt.
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Saudi rape victim 'spared lashes' Posted: 10 months ago by topofall
If this report is correct then its a decent outcome. Was it down to world pressure?
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