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24 Jan 2019

Concern grows for female activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia

A cross-party group of MPs and lawyers have called on the Saudi government to allow them to visit the eight female activists, after reports emerged that they had been tortured and sexually assaulted while in detention.

The Saudi government denies the allegations, but Human Rights Watch claims the women have been subjected to beatings, threats of rape, electric shocks and have been denied medical care.