Women's rights activist Loujain al Hathloul rejects Saudi Arabia's offer to release her in exchange for video testimony denying she was tortured and sexually abused in prison, her family says
Prominent Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al Hathloul has rejected a proposal to secure her release from prison in exchange for a video statement denying reports she was tortured in custody, her family said on Tuesday.
The case has drawn global criticism and provoked anger in European capitals and the US Congress following last year’s murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate. Idk what I’m risking by writing this. Maybe it will harm my sister too. But I can’t keep it to myself.Whatever happens I am certifying it 1 more time:Loujain has been brutally tortured and sexually harassed.Her sister Lina al Hathloul separately said her sibling was under pressure to deny the torture claim."Whatever happens I am certifying it more time: Loujain has been brutally tortured and sexually harassed.
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