Charges related to her clothing choices
The BBC reported four days ago on the jailing of Manahel al-Otaibi.
Two human rights groups have condemned an 11-year prison sentence handed to a Saudi fitness instructor and women’s rights activist by a terrorism court.
Manahel al-Otaibi, 29, was convicted of charges related to her clothing choices and expression of her views online, Amnesty International and ALQST said. These included calls for an end to the guardianship system and videos of her shopping without an abaya, they added.
And that’s “terrorism.”
ALQST said she was initially accused of violating the Anti-Cyber Crime Law, including “opposing the laws relating to women, such as the male guardianship system and the hijab law”; “participating in several hashtags opposing these laws”; “having several photos and video clips in indecent clothes on [social media] accounts”, and “going to the shops without wearing an abaya, photographing this, and publishing it on Snapchat”.
I can’t begin to imagine why she would oppose Saudi laws relating to women.
Poor, brave woman. Amnesty International should be supporting her, not predatory men.
I notice that it is never men who should avert their gaze, or cover their eyes, or pluck out their eyeballs (one of the bible’s more sensible pronouncements) as a remedy for ‘sin’, but it’s always the fault of a woman for wanting to be seen as a full human being.
Where’s the official outrage? Why are women on the pro-Hamas protests? I despair.