Among them Hhallul and Yusuf .. Activists Saudi women before the court for the first time

A group of Saudi women activists has appeared before the criminal court for the first time since their arrest last year, without announcing charges.

The Reuters news agency quoted the head of the Criminal Court in Riyadh Ibrahim Al-Sayyari, who spoke to journalists and diplomats who were prevented from attending the hearing, as saying that 10 women, among them Jeen al-Hathul, Aziza al-Yousef, Iman al-Nafjan and Hatun al-Fassi, appeared before the court.

International human rights organizations have reported that some women activists were held in solitary confinement, subjected to ill-treatment and torture, including electrocution, flogging and sexual assault. More than 30 countries, including all EU countries, have called for the release of women activists.

According to a tweet on behalf of the "detainees of opinion" on Twitter, the Saudi authorities did not allow any of the activists to hire a lawyer, and were informed only the date of the hearing.

The page called on the Saudi authorities to immediately release all of them, or to make the trial session public, broadcast live and allowing women activists to speak.

The page called on all those calling them "free" to support the "no-trial" campaign launched by the "Saudi detainees" account.