Please click this link to send letters supporting these 2 women "On 15 June 2013, two women’s rights activists, Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni, were convicted of the Islamic Sharia law offence of Takhbib, or incitement of a wife to defy the authority of her husband. They were charged because of their support of a Canadian woman and her children, who had allegedly been abused by the woman’s Saudi husband. While absolved of the charge of trying to help the woman and her children escape, Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni were convicted of “supporting a wife without her husband’s knowledge, thereby undermining the marriage.” The District Court in Al-Khobar in Saudi Arabia sentenced them to 10 months in prison and banned them from leaving the country for two years following completion of their prison terms. Saudi activists have questioned whether the travel ban and the unwarranted prison terms are related to their long-term human rights work, which includes attempting to overturn the ban on women drivers, rather than to the alleged offense. Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni are appealing their sentences. They have 30 days from sentencing in which to do so."
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 13:02:07 +0000
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