2011 women driving campaign Manal al-Sharif

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a political cartoon carlos latuff saudi women movement lift ban on right drive titled new saudi arabia s traffic sign



in 2011, group of women including manal al-sharif started facebook campaign named teach me how drive can protect myself or women2drive says women should allowed drive. campaign calls women start driving 17 june 2011. 21 may 2011, 12,000 readers of facebook page had expressed support. al-sharif describes action acting within women s rights, , not protesting . wajeha al-huwaider impressed campaign , decided help.


in late may, al-sharif drove car in khobar al-huwaider filming. video posted youtube , facebook. in video, al-sharif stated, volunteer campaign girls of country [learn drive]. @ least times of emergency, god forbid. if whoever driving them gets heart attack? detained religious police (cpvpv) on 21 may , released after 6 hours. 23 may 2011, 600,000 people had watched video.


the youtube video of al-sharif s drive became inaccessible @ original location, facebook page campaign deleted, , twitter account used al-sharif copied , altered . supporters republished original video , facebook page , summary of al-sharif s 5 recommended rules 17 june campaign published on blog , new york times.


on 22 may, al-sharif detained again , director general of traffic administration, major-general suleiman al-ajlan, questioned journalists regarding traffic regulations related women driving. al-ajlan stated journalists should put question members of consultative assembly of saudi arabia. rtbf suggested al-sharif had been sentenced 5 days imprisonment.


the new york times described al-sharif s campaign budding protest movement saudi government tried swiftly extinguish . associated press said saudi authorities cracked down harder usual on al-sharif, after seeing case become rallying call youths anxious change in context of arab spring. both news organisations attributed long duration of al-sharif s detention saudi authorities fear of wider protest movement in saudi arabia. amnesty international declared al-sharif prisoner of conscience , called immediate , unconditional release.


the day after al-sharif s arrest, woman detained driving car. drove 2 women passengers in ar rass , detained traffic police in presence of cpvpv. released after signing statement not drive again. in reaction al-sharif s arrest, several more saudi women published videos of driving during following days. on 26 may, authorities said al-sharif remain in detention until 5 june 2011, according waleed abu al-khair. al-sharif conditionally freed on 30 may. lawyer adnan al-saleh said had been charged inciting women drive , rallying public opinion . conditions of al-sharif s release include bail, returning questioning if requested, not driving , not talking media. possible reasons al-sharif s release, national cited al-sharif having written letter king abdullah, 4,500 saudis signing online petition king, , outpouring of indignation , disbelief both saudis , critics abroad ms al-sharif jailed not moral or criminal offence.


al-sharif filed objection general directorate of traffic in riyadh on 15 november 2011 because of officials rejecting driver s licence application. samar badawi filed similar lawsuit on 4 february 2012.








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