Riyadh/Istanbul – A 32-year-old arrested after posting online videos of herself driving a car has been released by Saudi authorities after promising to halt her campaign to win the right to drive for women, the Saudi news website Sabq reported late Sunday.
Manal al-Sherif and other women had launched an online campaign against the kingdom’s refusal to license women drivers, calling for a ‘mass drive’ by women on June 17 to demonstrate against the ban.
A computer software specialist by profession, al-Sherif will be required to report regularly to police as a condition of her release.
Women in Saudi Arabia are left to rely o male relatives or hired chauffeurs to drive them.
via Saudi driving activist freed – Monsters and Critics.
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