Riyadh, September 27: A Saudi Arabian activist who defied the kingdom’s prohibition on women driving will be put on trial, her lawyer says.
Najalaa Harrir’s lawyer said she has been summoned for questioning by a prosecutor general in the city of Jeddah, AFP reported on Sunday.
Harrir is one of the many Saudi females who are part of a campaign against the government’s discrimination against women, including the driving ban.
Their campaign is called “My Right, My Dignity.”
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women — both Saudi and foreign — from driving.
While the state has no written law banning women from driving, the country’s law requires citizens to use a locally issued license while in the country. Such licenses are not issued to women, making it effectively illegal for them to drive.
——Agencies