Saudi Arabia: human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released
Loujain al-Hathloul is one of the Saudi feminists arrested last May in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released after nearly three years in prison, her family announced Wednesday evening.
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"
Loujain has been released,
" his sister Lina wrote on Twitter, adding in English that "
Loujain is at home
".
The human rights activist was sentenced on December 29 to five years and eight months in prison under an "anti-terrorism" law, a suspended sentence that made her released in some two months, according to her family.
Loujain al-Hathloul, 31,
was found guilty
of "
various activities prohibited by the anti-terrorism law
," said pro-power online media Sabq, who attended the hearing.
According to Saudi media, the sentence is accompanied by a suspension of two years and ten months "
on condition that she does not commit a new crime within three years
".
The period spent in pre-trial detention is taken into account, which makes Loujain al-Hathloul, arrested in May 2018, released in two months, his sister Lina tweeted.
A source close to the family and the London-based opposition group ALQST had said she would be released before March.
► To read also: [Testimony] The difficult detention of the Saudi Loujain al-Hathloul
The court also banned the activist from leaving the kingdom for five years, Lina al-Hathloul added, adding that her sister intended to appeal the judgment.
(
With
AFP)
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