Lina Al-Hathloul, sister of the Saudi detainee, told Jane Al-Hathloul that her sister, who was detained in her country, was deprived of all her rights, including the appointment of a lawyer to defend her.
She spoke during a symposium in Geneva organized by the Al-Qast Foundation for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, the circumstances of her sister's arrest and trial and what she described as the fabrication of charges against her.
A week ago, eight US lawmakers sent a letter to the Nobel Peace Committee, in which they announced their candidacy for Saudi activist Jane Hathloul to win the award.
The deputies considered it worthy of unfairness for her courage and her role in the struggle for women's rights in Saudi Arabia and the region.
The letter added that Lujain Al-Hathloul has been detained without trial since May 2018 with more than a dozen activists. US lawmakers accused the Saudi government of misleading after the activists were arrested.
In their letter, the deputies added that Saudi security officials offered Lujain last August to release her in exchange for a video recording that she admitted that she was not subjected to torture, but that she refused and remained in prison as a result.