Saudi activist Loujain Alhathloul has been released from detention in Saudi Arabia, where she had been held since May 2018. In December she was sentenced to six years in prison in Saudi Arabia under a vague and broadly worded law aimed at combating terrorism. Alhathloul was first detained in May 2018 along with nine prominent human rights activists in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has not sent any signal that it is going to welcome activism in support of women's rights in the future." Previously detained in 2014Alhathloul had been associated with the fight for women's rights in Saudi Arabia long before her detention.

Source: CBC News February 10, 2021 17:31 UTC