A Saudi woman has been sentenced to ten lashes for defying the nation's ban on women driving
A Saudi woman has been sentenced to ten lashes for defying the nation's ban on women driving.
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The ruling comes just two days after Saudi King Abdullah's announcement that women will have the right to vote and run in the country's 2015 local elections.
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According to the paper many other women have been detained for several days for violating the driving ban, but had not been sentenced by a court.
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In May, as pro-democracy protests swept the region, some women in Saudi Arabia called for the right to drive.
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A campaign dubbed Women2Drive issued calls on social media such as Twitter and Facebook to challenge the ban.
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