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Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammad bin Salman is greeted by Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street in March 2018
HOW many Saudi women’s rights activists have to be arrested, detained and possibly face the death penalty before “self-identifying feminist” Theresa May rethinks Britain’s links with Riyadh?
That, according to Saudi Arabia’s Okaz newspaper, is what faces six women and three men who are locked up solely for defending human rights denied to women.
When activists are berated as “traitors,” especially in a medieval dictatorship such as the House of Saud, the consequences are invariably serious.
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
