The Saudi women activists still being 'tortured' months after driving ban ended

SBS EXCLUSIVE: In June last year, Saudi Arabia finally gave women the right to drive, but the most well-known figure behind the campaign to end the ban wasn’t there to celebrate.

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Published 7 February 2019 12:56pm

By Maani Truu

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Source: Wikipedia, SBS News, World Bank, Instagram

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Loujain al-Hathloul’s Twitter has been inactive since 12 March 2018.

The Saudi women’s rights activist was once a prolific tweeter with 307,000 followers and is reportedly a friend of the Duchess of Sussex.

Her feed is a record of causes she was passionate about, most notably, her efforts to abolish the kingdom’s ban on women driving.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.