Loujain al-Hathloul, a Saudi human rights activist who was recently released from prison, said she had filed a lawsuit against the UAE for espionage, kidnapping, and illegal seizure of her car.
Al-Hathloul’s complaint against the UAE was related to her arrest in 2018 and her forced extradition to Saudi authorities.
She announced that he would continue to fight after his release, that he would pursue the verdicts against him, and that he would appeal to the Supreme Court against his exit ban.
She spent 1001 days in Saudi prisons and was released on February 10, 2021.
During his unlawful detention, he was subjected to numerous illegal attacks on his inalienable rights. Now, after his release, he is fighting for his rights, especially because of the aggression that the UAE has committed against him.
According to al-Zulul, Abu Dhabi police illegally sold his car because he did not answer his calls in prison.
Loujain al-Hathloul’s family had previously filed a complaint against Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the United Nations in June 2020, alleging human rights abuses against Loujain al-Hathloul, including her abduction in the UAE and torture in a secret Saudi prison.
Lajin al-Hazloul is a journalist who has lived in the United States. She is known for defending the rights of Saudi women and has been arrested several times for her stance.
Al-Hazloul has been campaigning for equality between men and women in Saudi Arabia since 2013. She has worked tirelessly to end the ban on women driving and has attacked the patriarchal system and domestic violence.
Al-Hazloul was arrested in December 2014 for crossing the UAE into Saudi Arabia by car and was arrested again in 2017 without charge.
In March 2018, she was deported from the UAE where she lived and returned to Saudi Arabia, where she remained in detention for several days.
Earlier, a UN team of experts stressed that the UAE had violated Loujain al-Hathloul’s rights by forcibly deporting her. “The UAE government cannot escape its responsibility to persecute Loujain al-Hathloul for pursuing legal rights and freedoms,” the team said.
