If convicted, Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia’s most outspoken human rights activists, faces up to 20 years in prison.
Ms. Loujain Al-Hathloul has been engaged in promoting women’s rights in her country for several years, including in the movements to allow women to drive and to claim freedom of movement.
On 15 May 2018, Ms. Al-Hathloul was arrested and has since been detained on national security grounds, reportedly in circumstances that amount to arbitrary arrest and detention.
Defending human rights can never be considered a threat to national security. Women’s rights activism is not terrorism.
Loujain al-Hathloul must be immediately and unconditionally released, and all charges against her dropped.
The global trade union movement stands in solidarity with all defending human rights and fundamental freedoms and call for immediate justice for Loujain al-Hathloul.