People Before Profit declares its solidarity jailed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul.
Loujain who has been in jail since May 2018, has been forced to go on hunger strike simply to be allowed visits by her family.
It is an outrage that Loujain was jailed in the first place, never mind being held in prison for over two and a half years. Her ‘offence’, namely being a woman driving a car just weeks before Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-old ban on female drivers is obviously no offence at all.
In addition it is clear from her family that Loujain has faced sexual harassment and torture, including electric shocks and water boarding, in detention.
In short the case of Loujain al-Hathloul casts a spotlight on the utterly appalling Saudi human rights record and the dreadful nature of the whole Saudi regime.
People Before Profit demands the immediate release of Loujain, of other women activists jailed with her and all political prisoners in Saudi Arabia. We further call on the Irish Government to summon the Saudi Ambassador to account for these awful actions and believe that Ireland should in no way endorse, engage with, or legitimise this atrocious regime.
