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Saudi to host Women 20 Summit while women activists remain behind bars

Name: Saudi to host Women 20 Summit while women activists remain behind bars
Uploaded: 2020-10-21T18:29:34+0100
Description: Saudi Arabia will host an upcoming summit in support of women’s empowerment, but rights groups say the Women 20 Summit is simply a propaganda campaign. The Kingdom has been criticized for its detention and torture of high profile female activists despite enacting social reforms.

Gofran Mohamad

, Khaled Shalaby

Published date: 21 October 2020 18:38 BST | Last update: 3 years 6 months ago

Saudi Arabia will host an upcoming summit in support of women’s empowerment, but rights groups say the Women 20 Summit is simply a propaganda campaign.

The Kingdom has been criticized for its detention and torture of high profile female activists despite enacting social reforms.

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