BEIRUT—When Loujain al-Hathloul flouted Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving and tried to enter the country with her navy Nissan Murano from the United Arab Emirates, she spent 73 days in prison. The stunt turned the then 25-year old into the face of the struggle to allow women to drive in the kingdom. Nearly four years later, Ms. al-Hathloul is back behind bars, after a government crackdown swept up at least seven prominent women’s rights advocates just weeks before the government is to abolish the driving ban. The clampdown...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 20, 2018 20:37 UTC