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A Summons for Samar Badawi: Updated 2/15

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Mark Aldrich

Earlier today, Saudi Arabian human rights activist Samar Badawi was questioned by authorities with that nation’s Bureau of Investigation and was allowed to leave after the interview.

On her Twitter page, she reported that the Bureau wanted to ask her about her human rights activities:

Today's investigation is related to previous issues about my HR and civil activities including women's campaign against male guardians.

— samar badawi (@samarbadawi15) February 15, 2017

An Update About Samar Badawi

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Mark Aldrich

Samar Badawi, the wife of Waleed Abulkhair and sister of Raif Badawi, was arrested this week in Saudi Arabia and charged with operating Waleed’s Twitter account. She was released the same day.

The arrest was reported in every major mainstream news publication within an hour of it breaking, and every human rights organization posted updates about Samar’s arrest through these last 48 hours.

She published a statement on her Facebook account this morning:
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