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Saudi security forces arrest two more women human rights defenders
Security forces arrested Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sadah, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights confirms
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Waleed Abulkhair: A lawyer vs the Saudi establishment
Reform advocate and Raif Badawi's former lawyer, Waleed Abulkhair is paying a steep price for challenging the views of Saudi Arabia's religious and political leaders.
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Raif Badawi: A fearless and principled writer and activist
After setting up an online discussion forum promoting free speech and liberalism, Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a 1,000 lashes; his forum was permanently shut down and the discussion threads in them deleted. In the writings that survived the purge, an image of a fearless thinker emerges.
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Women's rights defender Hatoon Al-Fassi arrested the week after driving ban lifted
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