Saudi women held in detention for nearly a year have been charged following contact with foreign media and activists, Human Rights Watch says
In this file photo taken on September 27, 2016, activist Aziza al-Yousef is pictured checking her phone during an interview in Riyadh.
"This is hardly the act of a government that is carrying out reforms, as Mohammed bin Salman and his supporters keep claiming." "If sharing information about women's rights with journalists and diplomats is illegal, then by that standard most of the Saudi leadership would be in prison right now," Page said."Coordinated activity"
But just hours before their first court appearance, their relatives said they were informed the trial had been shifted to the criminal court, without being told why.
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