French president calls on Saudi Arabia to release all female activists

SANAA, March 10 (YPA) – French President Emmanuel Macron has launched verbal attacks on Saudi Arabia and criticized its practice against Saudi women’s rights activists

The move came during his speech on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which takes place on 8 March of each year.

Macron said that he is thinking about this day with “Loujain al-Hathlou”, who is in a prison for 18 months in Saudi Arabia “.

“She was imprisoned merely for criticizing the regime, which places women under the guardianship of men, and this makes her a victim of mutilation in all the media in her country.”

He explained that she is being subjected to a fierce media campaign because she defended the rights of Saudi women “.

The French President expressed his hope that the Saudi authorities would release her, saying that his country would bear “its responsibilities, and we will continue as soon as the political agenda allows us.”

Saudi authorities have already arrested Hathloul in 2014, after driving from the UAE to the Saudi border, and then he was released after 73 days.

E.M