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From: scion	2/10/2021 1:39:33 PM
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Saudi Arabia releases prominent women’s rights activist from prison as Biden presses kingdom on human rights By Sarah Dadouch and Kareem Fahim Feb. 10, 2021 at 5:35 p.m. GMT washingtonpost.com BEIRUT — One of Saudi Arabia's most prominent women's rights advocates, Loujain al-Hathloul, was released from prison on Wednesday, her sister said. Hathloul had been in custody since May 2018, when she was arrested as part of a government crackdown targeting female activists. Her release is one of the most notable steps Saudi Arabia has taken amid criticism of its human rights record by Biden administration officials. President Biden had said during the election campaign that he would “reassess” the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia and ensure that “America does not check its values at the door,” marking a break with the Trump administration, which had largely refrained from criticizing the kingdom’s human rights record. Hathloul is a well-known activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive and the abolition of Saudi Arabia’s restrictive guardianship laws. Her arrest and reports of torture while in custody raised an international outcry. In December, a Saudi court sentenced Hathloul to five years and eight months in prison, convicting her on terrorism-related charges, her family said in a statement then. The court suspended a portion of her sentence and included time served. Jailed Saudi women’s rights activists said to face electric shocks, beatings and other abuse washingtonpost.com Headshot of Sarah Dadouch Sarah Dadouch Sarah Dadouch is a Beirut-based Middle East correspondent for The Washington Post. She was previously a Reuters correspondent in Beirut, Riyadh and Istanbul.Follow Headshot of Kareem Fahim Kareem Fahim Kareem Fahim is the Istanbul bureau chief and a Middle East correspondent for The Washington Post. He previously spent 11 years at the New York Times, covering the Arab world as a Cairo-based correspondent, among other assignments. Kareem also worked as a reporter at the Village Voice.Follow washingtonpost.com

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