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Women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul to stand trial in Saudi Arabia

Loujain al-Hathloul will appear in a Saudi court Wednesday more than two years after she was first detained in a crackdown on human rights defenders.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Nov 24, 2020
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Lina al-Hathloul, whose sister Loujain is being held by Saudi authorities, speaks at the 10th Anniversary Women In The World Summit at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on April 10, 2019, in New York City. — Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Loujain al-Hathloul will stand trial in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, her family said, nearly a month after the women's rights activist went on hunger strike to protest her prison conditions.

“We were just announced that @LoujainHathloul has a trial tomorrow,” her sister, Lina al-Hathloul, tweeted Tuesday.

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