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by Antonella Alba
10 February 2021 She was arrested along with her other activist companions because she wanted women to drive cars like men in her country, a right revoked for years by the old Saudi King.
It was May 2018 and Loujain Al-Hathloul, at 31, after being arrested, gets her first victory for civil rights: the enlightened
Prince Bin Salman
son of the King
lifted the ban on driving
for all Saudi women, news that went around the world.
"Loujain is home !!!!!!!"
his brothers said today, Sister Lina posted on Twitter a close-up photo of the activist, whose incarceration has been condemned by the international community.
The news comes in the aftermath of the ruling of the Riyadh Court of Appeal which rejected the activist's accusations of having been tortured in prison.
"The appeal confirmed the first decision" of the Court, or "Deny torture."
The reason?
The burden of proof rests with Loujain, '' her sister tweeted.
Last October Loujain went on a hunger strike, which lasted several weeks, to protest his conditions of detention.
According to reports from human rights groups, Al-Hathloul and the other activists in prison were tortured during interrogation.
The Saudi authorities deny these allegations.
Last December, Loujain was sentenced to five years and eight months in prison for terrorist offenses, including inciting regime change, trying to upset public order and contacting "hostile" states.
Unfounded allegations according to his family.
The Special Criminal Court of Riyadh - which activists say is used to silence dissent - had, however, suspended his detention for two years and ten months, after intense international pressure for his release.
But his release seemed impossible.
Until Joe Biden's arrival at the White House, the new president promised a tougher line with Riyadh on human rights and above all for the release of dual Saudi-American citizens, activists and members of the royal family, many of whom are detained without a charge.
But meanwhile the news spreads on social media "Loujain is at home !!", writes his sister, "but she is not free. The battle continues and we will not be fully happy without the release of all political prisoners".