RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A Saudi prosecutor denied accusations by several women activists that they had been tortured in detention, family members said, as the group returned to court for a trial that has drawn intense Western scrutiny of the kingdom’s human-rights record. Among those on trial are a group of prominent activists who pressed the Saudi government to allow women to drive and abolish a system of male guardianship for females. They were detained last May, a month before the kingdom lifted the ban on female driving,...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 03, 2019 16:51 UTC