(CNN) The family of Loujain al-Hathloul, a jailed Saudi women's rights defender believed by her relatives and advocacy organizations to be on hunger strike, has called on the G20 to demand that Saudi Arabia release the prominent activist. Amnesty International urged world leaders not to "buy the spin: Saudi Arabia's real change makers are in jail." And if every woman in Saudi Arabia who advocates for women driving were to be put in jail, half the women in Saudi Arabia would be in jail." Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been in Saudi prison since May 2018, charged with women's rights activism and contacting journalists. In August 2019, Saudi authorities offered to release Hathloul on condition that she rescind her allegations of torture , her family said.

Source: CNN November 21, 2020 10:36 UTC