Saudi Arabia, has a law that puts a ban for women at the wheel.
Recently a woman - Shayma Jastaniah was sentenced to 10 times whips after being caught driving a car. This sentence led to activists launching a campaign calling on Saudi officials to drop all charges against a woman who was sentenced to ten lashes with a whip after being found guilty of driving.
Saudi King Abdullah has revoked the 10 lashes sentenced to Shaima Ghassaniya and she left free.
Women in Saudi Arabia are also not allowed to vote, however the Saudi King Abullah, announced last week that women will be allowed to vote in the coming local elections.
( News from wikipedia, and our stakeholder in the Middle East, Map, from google)
1 comments:
I wonder why this type of discrimation can not be banned by International Human Rights Watch!
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