{"id":71130,"date":"2018-05-28T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/?p=9968"},"modified":"2018-05-28T16:11:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T16:11:49","slug":"government-detains-womens-rights-activists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/government-detains-womens-rights-activists-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Government detains women\u2019s rights activists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women in Saudi Arabia suffer from a brutal oppression, being forced to live with a man\u2019s imposition, as her tutor, that decides everything for them.<\/em>
\nBy Lena Souza.<\/strong>
\n 
\nAlso, Saudi Arabi is the only country in the world where women are not allowed to drive. In 1990, around 40 women still drove, to defy such a prohibition, and they were detained and punished. However, since then, the movement grew and continued until September last year, in which the crown prince Mohamed bin Salman signed a decree to revoke the absurd prohibition. It will be effective on June 24.
\n\"\"
\nHowever, between May 15 and 18, activists (women and men) leading the movement for women\u2019s rights were detained by government\u2019s order.[1]<\/a>
\nBetween those detained, there are Iman al Nafyan and Luyain al Hazlul,[2]<\/a> known activists that were already detained several times. Luyain al Hazlul, 28, defied the banning in 2014 and went driving through the streets. An action that, together with the activist Maysaa al Amaudi, took them both to stay 73 days in jail.[3]<\/a>
\nAmong the detainees, there is nurse Al Shubar, who according to the press \u201ccarries out the defense of victims violence and of young girls in shelters,\u201d in addition to fighting against the \u201cmale jurisdiction over women.\u201d
\nIn addition to these women, two men are also detained: Al Nafyan and Al Hazlul, activists and supporters of women\u2019s rights struggle.
\nAccording to the International Human Rights Watch (NGO), \u201cSaudi defenders of human rights said that, in September 2017, the House of Saud called the most known activists of the kingdom, including some of those detained this week, and warned them about not talking to the press.<\/em>”
\nThe conservative sectors had started a campaign through the social media, one month from the established date to annul the prohibition of women driving, stating \u201cwomen will not drive.\u201d
\nThe government is carrying out a major campaign against these activists, accusing them of making a \u201cgroup\u201d that brings security problems to the country because of its \u201ccontact with foreign bodies with the goal of undermining the stability and social fabric of the country.\u201d[4]<\/a> And this seems to be a campaign affecting other human rights activists in the country. Everything points to a government\u2019s attempt to go back with the decree signed after much pressure by the women\u2019s movement and most of the society.
\nIt is important to highlight that the struggle for women\u2019s rights in Saudi Arabia does not stop with the right to drive, as this is not the only measure of oppression they face. As Manal says, one of the women\u2019s rights activist: \u201cNot driving is only one of the prohibitions we have. And not the most serious one, but it is a symbol, because when we have the right to drive it will because the tutelage system is broken.\u201d[5]<\/a>
\nIn the tutelage system, women are forced to have what is called a mahran<\/em>, her male \u201ctutor\u201d or \u201cguardian.\u201d Without the authorization of that man, that can be her father, husband, brother and even a son, women cannot:
\n-Leave the house, travel, get a passport, open a bank account, rent a house, go to the doctor, have surgery, enter a cemetery, etc.
\n– Show any part of their bodies. They are forced to use a veil and abaya<\/em>, a long black dress with long sleeves that cover the entire body.
\n– Take a bath at the beach or in public pools. There are specific beaches for women, and in hotels with pools, these are exclusive for men.
\n-Worked in male-female shared spaces. There are separated entries for men and women at public buildings, as women cannot talk or have contact with men who are not from their families.
\nAll of this makes women have trouble to work, depending completely on men to survive, and suffering all kind of violence.
\nThis is how women live in Saudi Arabia. However, all these measures of oppression on women could not avoid the movement, which confronting a brutal repression continued to demonstrate and revolt. Collectively or individually, women try to break these impositions.
\nIt is necessary to demand the government to free all political prisoners, detained for fighting for women\u2019s rights and democratic rights that are denied to the working population \u2013 as well as to guarantee that the decree that allows women to drive is put into practice.
\nAlso, we have to support and encourage Saudi women to continue rebelling against oppression, to organize, to move forward and encourage the working class, men and women, to rebel and defeat this oppressive, exploiter system that imposes submission to several segments, including women, to better exploit the working class as a whole.
\nOnly through a fight that defeats the capitalist system, we will be able to guarantee the implementation of measures towards real women\u2019s equality.
\n***
\nNotes:
\n[1]<\/a>\u00a0According to some media, the government freed some of the activists, but not all of them. https:\/\/www.em.com.br\/app\/noticia\/internacional\/2018\/05\/25\/interna_internacional,961632\/quatro-ativistas-dos-direitos-da-mulher-libertadas-na-arabia-saudita.shtml<\/a>
\n[2]<\/a> http:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/internacional\/20180519\/443701098503\/detenciones-activistas-arabia-saudi-derechos-mujer.html<\/a>
\n[3]<\/a> http:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/internacional\/2018\/05\/18\/5aff0631468aeb960a8b45c9.html<\/a>
\n[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.es.amnesty.org\/en-que-estamos\/noticias\/noticia\/articulo\/arabia-saudi-aterradora-campana-de-difamacion-contra-defensores-y-defensoras-de-los-derechos-hum\/<\/a>
\n[5]<\/a> http:\/\/www.rtve.es\/noticias\/20161025\/manal-sharif-redes-sociales-son-motor-del-cambio-arabia-saudi\/1429740.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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