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Saudi women's rights activist sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison

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A prominent women's rights activist, Loujain al-Hathloul, was convicted by a Saudi court Monday on charges which include seeking to change the Saudi political system and harming national security.

Hathloul rose to prominence in 2013 when she began publicly campaigning for women's right to drive in Saudi Arabia.

In March 2018, she was arrested in the United Arab Emirates, where she was studying and forcibly flown to Riyadh where she was held under house arrest before being moved to prison in May. She was among a dozen other women's rights activists arrested.

Her trial began in March 2019 in Riyadh's criminal court after ten months in detention.

Ross Lord reports on the campaign for her freedom, al-Hathloul's connection to Canada, and the push for Ottawa to intervene.

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