The Riyadh Court of Appeals upheld the verdict on Loujain Al-Hathloul. The Saudi women’s rights activist had appealed to the court to drop all charges against her and overturn her five-year, eight-month prison sentence.
According to Al-Hathloul’s sister, the judge asked Loujain, who was released last month after three years in prison, whether she regretted her past actions and apologized. Loujain replied that she had never committed a crime. This shows that the Saudi government is easily trying to get people to confess, even if it is a lie, by putting pressure on them. Something that could not force the sludge to do so.
Before appearing in court on Wednesday, Jane said she hoped the court would overturn the verdict against her. But the ruling was reaffirmed, with his sister Lina al-Hadhloul, who lives outside Saudi Arabia, stressing that the appeals court ruling meant that “Saudi Arabia considers the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the Netherlands to be terrorist regimes, and that contact with them is considered a terrorist.”
“This is a strategic miscarriage of justice. Saudi Arabia is losing its integrity as a strategic-ally and proving its distrust of the world every day. Today, the political turmoil of this government is clear. Gaining friends and “New allies should not be at the cost of losing old allies. With your recklessness, you lose old and new friends and people pay the price.”
Loujain Al-Hathloul is charged with links to hostile governments, including the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the Netherlands, as well as links with Amnesty International and other legal entities.
In May 2018, the Saudi government arrested seven prominent activists, including a number of women’s rights activists. Exactly on the day, the Saudi women driving license was passed, the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia contacted the activists and warned them against any media talk. The detainees, Loujain al-Hazloul, Iman al-Nafjan, and Aziza al-Yusuf, were prominent figures in defending women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.