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This 17 June, Saudi activists are calling for renewed support of the Women2Drive campaign by asking women and men around the world to drive to Consulates and Embassies of Saudi Arabia and honk to show their support. Please join us in supporting the ongoing efforts of Saudi women claiming the right to drive and continue to call on the Saudi government to lift the ban on women driving. |
Equality Now issues an urgent call for the repeal of Saudi Arabia’s Fatwa on Women’s Driving of Automobiles.
Equality Now is deeply concerned about Saudi Arabia’s Fatwa on Women’s Driving of Automobiles (Shaikh Abdel Aziz Bin Abdallah Bin Baz), 1990, and the arrest of Saudi women’s rights activist Manal al-Sherif who was detained on 22 May 2011 for nine days in the eastern city of Dammam. According to reports, she was one of the organizers of an online campaign protesting Saudi Arabia’s driving ban and twice drove an automobile to further their cause. She was arrested and detained on the charge of “disturbing public order and inciting public opinion.” While we welcomed her release from custody on 30 May 2011, we remain concerned that women are still not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia. Equality Now supports the growing number of Saudi women who are claiming the right to drive and are urging the authorities to lift the ban which prevents women from driving. Manal al-Sherif’s arrest and the blocking by Saudi Arabia of the widely supported on-line campaign she led, along with others, is an explicit expression of the government’s efforts to extinguish this growing campaign of Saudi women.
The human rights of women are violated by the above-mentioned Fatwa, or religious edict, which restricts the movement of women by prohibiting them from driving automobiles. Saudi Arabia is the only country that bars all women, both Saudi and foreign, from driving. While Saudi activists say that it is not legally binding, the Fatwa, enforced by the police and resulting in arrests, effectively has the force of law in Saudi Arabia. As part of our work to end all discrimination against women in law and in practice around the world, Equality Now urges the Saudi government to repeal this Fatwa, which prohibits women from driving automobiles and violates their rights under international law.
We urge you to join our call and sign the petition below, which will be delivered to His Majesty, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and Minister of Justice Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul El Karim Abdul Azziz El Issa.
أكتب اليكم لأعبر عن قلقي العميق إزاء حظر العربية السعودية قيادة المرأة للسيارة المتمثلة بالفتوى التي صدرت من قبل الشيخ عبد العزيز بن عبدالله بن باز في 1990. تطالب المرأة السعودية منذ أكثر من عشرين عاما بحقها في قيادة السيارة، ولكن الحكومة لم تتخذ بعد أي إجراء لتلبية مطالبهن. وبدلا من ذلك، أخذت الحكومة في استهداف النشطاء السعوديين عقابا لهم على عملهم في دعم حقوق المرأة. وتفيد التقارير بأن الناشطة من أجل حقوق المرأة منال الشريف تتعرض للاضطهاد على جهودها بأشكال متعددة منها التهديدات وفقدان وظيفتها ثمنا لصراحتها في معارضة الحكومة. وأود أن أعرب عن الدعم لهاتين السيدتين الشجعاتين وللأعداد المتزايدة من النساء السعوديات اللواتي يطالبن بحقهن في القيادة بوصفها عنصرا أساسيا لحريتهن في التنقل، واللواتي أيضا يحثن السلطات على رفع الحظر المفروض على قيادة المرأة للسيارة. أنني وبإحترام أدعوك لضمان منح وزارة الداخلية تراخيص للنساء المتقدمات المؤهلات، واصدار تعليمات واضحة بشأن عدم إحتجاز أو إعتقال أو مضايقة لقيادة المرأة للسيارة بأي شكل من الأشكال. إنني أحث السلطات على إلغاء الفتوى ورفع الحظر الذي يمنع النساء من قيادة السيارة على نحو فعال، ويقوض قدرة النساء على معرفة حقوقها. أطلب اليك أيضا ضمان المساواة وعدم التمييز بالنسبة للمرأة في العربية السعودية سواء في إطار القانون أو في الممارسة العملية.
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| 3186 | Wed Apr 10 01:06:35 EDT 2013 | Tory McCrea | Austin, TX , United States | |
| 3185 | Sun Feb 24 10:00:50 EST 2013 | French Guevarra | Bergenfield, NJ , US | |
| 3184 | Tue Feb 19 12:44:12 EST 2013 | Sheena Visti | Garfield, United States | |
| 3183 | Fri Jan 11 19:44:11 EST 2013 | Kyla Hodges | Stamford, CT , United States | |
| 3182 | Wed Jan 09 10:31:18 EST 2013 | Alexis Maestre-Saborit | Fort Myers, FL , US | United States is the Support of the King Dictator of Saudi Arabia
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| 3181 | Fri Dec 28 15:29:21 EST 2012 | Sian Atkin | Derby, United Kingdom | |
| 3180 | Wed Dec 12 09:51:15 EST 2012 | Jennifer Goode | Austin, TX , US | |
| 3179 | Mon Dec 03 22:45:29 EST 2012 | Anje Scarfe | ADELAIDE, SA , AUSTRALIA | |
| 3178 | Wed Nov 21 03:58:51 EST 2012 | Dana Arcidy | New York, NY , United States | |
| 3177 | Sat Oct 13 23:39:57 EDT 2012 | Peter Schweinsberg | Piscataway, NJ , United States | |
| 3176 | Mon Sep 24 17:40:40 EDT 2012 | Bev Blundell | Pemberton, Select a state , CA | |
| 3175 | Mon Sep 24 17:39:10 EDT 2012 | Bev Blundell | Pemberton, Select a state , CA | |
| 3174 | Mon Sep 24 17:38:33 EDT 2012 | Bev Blundell | Pemberton, Select a state , CA | |
| 3173 | Sat Sep 08 08:31:53 EDT 2012 | Emma Rhys | Carmarthen, United Kingdom | |
| 3172 | Wed Sep 05 11:00:46 EDT 2012 | Alexis Maestre-Saborit | Fort Myers, FL , US | |
| 3171 | Tue Sep 04 09:00:04 EDT 2012 | alison mawdsley | anglesey, GB | |
| 3170 | Sun Sep 02 05:24:10 EDT 2012 | Anónimo | Aldhahran, SAUDI ARABIA | I hope we will start to move forward, looking at things positively and giving women a chance to implement her rights. Women used to ride horses in wars at early Islam time. Please think it through and More.... |
| 3169 | Tue Aug 21 04:04:41 EDT 2012 | Anónimo | Brisbane , QLD , AU | Sir....
Just think for one moment How would Allah react if he saw what you are doing? Women being kicked, women being oppressed, no education Is this how he will congratualate you More.... |
| 3168 | Sun Aug 19 13:14:03 EDT 2012 | Bev Blundell | Pemberton, Select a state , CA | |
| 3167 | Fri Aug 17 08:27:29 EDT 2012 | Louise Jennings | WARABROOK, NSW , AUSTRALIA | |
| 3166 | Fri Aug 03 21:21:20 EDT 2012 | Maegan Gaw | Sudbury, MA , United States | |
| 3165 | Fri Aug 03 09:52:41 EDT 2012 | Alexis Maestre-Saborit | Fort Myers, FL , US | |
| 3164 | Tue Jul 31 21:01:47 EDT 2012 | Adela Brent | BRISBANE, QLD , AUSTRALIA | |
| 3163 | Tue Jul 17 21:33:27 EDT 2012 | Adela Brent | BRISBANE, QLD , AUSTRALIA | |
| 3162 | Fri Jul 13 12:35:07 EDT 2012 | Anónimo | Split, CROATIA |