A prominent human rights advocate has been taken into custody by Saudi Arabian police for campaigning for the release of her former husband, who is serving a 15-year term. She was reportedly put in the same jail where her brother is incarcerated.
Samar Badawi received an International Woman of Courage Award from the US State Department in 2012 for defending women’s rights in the highly-conservative kingdom.
She was detained on Tuesday morning and taken to a police station along with her two-year-old daughter, Amnesty International reported. After four hours of questioning, she was transferred to Dhaban Prison, the organization cited local activists as saying.
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