Family of imprisoned Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul worries after contact cut off
Women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who has been imprisoned since May 2018, hasn't been heard from in a month.
It's been a month since the family of Loujain al-Hathloul has heard from the imprisoned women’s rights activist, raising further concerns about her safety in Saudi Arabia's notorious maximum security prison.
Hathloul’s family, which has been unable to visit the prison since March, is supposed to speak with her by phone once a week. On Sunday, Hathloul’s sister Lina al-Hathloul said they hadn’t heard from her in over 30 days.
“My sister @LoujainHathloul has not called for a month now. Where is Loujain?” Lina asked on Twitter.
Hathloul has spent more than two years inside the al-Ha’ir prison complex near Riyadh. Her arrest in May 2018 came as part of a sweeping crackdown on female activists campaigning for women’s driving rights and the end of restrictive male guardianship laws.
