'New kind of repression': Saudi Arabia espouses women's rights, 'imprisons' anyone who seeks change

As the ultraconservative Kingdom of Saudi Arabia promotes a new willingness to espouse more liberal social policies towards women, FRANCE 24 is joined by Lina al-Hathloul, Head of Monitoring and Advocacy at ALQST for Human Rights, following the arrest of her sister, Loujain al-Hathloul, an activist and popular fitness instructor widely followed on social media. Amid a widespread crackdown on dissent across the kingdom, Ms Loujain al-Hathloul is being charged with rebellion, defaming the kingdom, and taking on the justice system. Our guest Ms. Lina Al-Hathloul dismisses the kingdom's "PR campaign that Saudi Arabia's undertaking to flirt with the West to have tourists visit the country." She asserts that the kingdom remains "a dictatorship and a police state" where nothing has improved for the population of 36 million, au contraire: "It has even gotten worse with the unprecedented prison sentences" and executions, even of minors. 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE - Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN 🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https://www.france24.com/en/ Like us on Facebook: https://f24.my/FBen Follow us on Twitter: https://f24.my/TWen Discover the news in pictures on Instagram: https://f24.my/IGen Get the latest top stories on Telegram: https://f24.my/TGen

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