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Saudi woman faces flogging for driving

A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 10 lashes for challenging a ban on women driving in the conservative Muslim kingdom, Amnesty International has said. Ref. Source 9

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Good sense has prevailed and the woman will be spared the torture:

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Ms. Azwah is defiantly resisting the restriction on women's rights for one of the most basic and essential tasks of life-getting around. Ref. Source 1

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Saudi women who defied driving ban fined:

Few women braved official threats of punishment and drove on Saturday in response to an online campaign headlined "Women's driving is a choice." "Police stopped six women driving in Riyadh, and fined them 300 riyals ($80) each," Said the capital's police deputy spokesman, Colonel Fawaz Al Miman. Ref. Source 9

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Saudi terrorism court 'to try women drivers':

The women's cases had reportedly been transferred over comments they had made on social media - rather than for their driving, according to activists. Ref. Source 5

Saudi Women Not Allowed To Drive

Saudi Arabia says it will allow women to drive for first time in the conservative kingdom. The kingdom, which announced the change on Tuesday, was the only the country in the world to bar women from driving. Ref. USAToday.

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I hear people complain about living in the US. I see people protesting this or that. And then I have to wonder, have any of these people ever visited another country, like Saudi Arabia, where they wouldn't a tenth of the rights they have in the US? It is 2017 and Saudi women can finally drive. Will wonders never cease. It is time for those of us in the US to appreciate what we have. As for Saudi Arabia, they are only about 100 years behind the rest of the world regarding women's rights now, rather than the 13 centuries behind they used to be.