Saudi Arabia says it will allow women to serve in army as part of social reforms, but human rights groups say women's rights activists are still being persecuted
FILE PHOTO - Demonstrators from Amnesty International stage the protest on International Women's Day to urge Saudi authorities to release jailed women's rights activists Loujain al Hathloul, Eman al Nafjan and Aziza al Yousef outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Paris, France, March 8, 2019.
The move is the latest in a series of measures aimed at increasing the rights of women in the kingdom, even as rights groups accuse Riyadh of cracking down on women activists.
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