News from "The Kingdom" i.e. an open air prison for women.
There definitely seems to be an worldwide escalation of crimes against and repression against women.
Fight to save female activist from Saudi Arabia execution
https://torontosun.com/news/world/fight ... -execution
Activist Israa al-Ghomgham has been sentenced to death, the first woman to executed in the kingdom.TWITTER
August 21, 2018
Saudi Arabia is planning to behead a 29-year-old woman because she’s a political activist.
The UK Independent reports that human rights activists are now fighting to save the life of Israa al-Ghomgham.
The desert kingdom has recently been slamming Canada for its treatment of women following the diplomatic spat between the two countries.
Ghomgham and her husband, Moussa al-Hashem, were arrested in December 2015 for organizing anti-government protests following the Arab Spring.
Life isn’t a barrel of laughs for women in Saudi Arabia. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
She was sentenced to death earlier this month.
The executions are slated for October if they are ratified by King Salman who signs off on all death penalty cases.
German human rights activist Ali Adubisi said the verdict sets a “dangerous precedent” for female activists.
A number of groups — including Amnesty International — are calling for her immediate release. Ghomgham has been jailed for three years and denied access to a lawyer.
Among her crimes? Calling for the release of political prisoners and an end to institutionalized anti-Shia discrimination.
According to Amnesty, at least 58 people are currently on death row in Saudi Arabia and the group said it ranks among the most “prolific executioners in the world.”
Since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took the throne last year, the country has ushered in dozens of social and economic reforms.
While women are now allowed to drive and the shrill tenor of the state’s religious police has been toned, the country still has a long way to go, the United Nations said in a report.