Jailed Saudi rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul begins hunger strike

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Jailed Saudi human rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul has launched a hunger strike demanding regular contact with her family, relatives have said. “Today at 7 p.m. Riyadh time, my sister Loujain has started a hunger strike because the al-Ha’ir prison administration has deprived her of her right to contact her family,” Loujain’s sisters, Alia, said on Twitter. Loujain’s other sister, Lina, also said on Twitter that Loujain had informed their parents that “she is exhausted of being mistreated and deprived from hearing her family’s voices”. “She told them she will start a hunger strike starting yesterday evening until they allow her regular calls again,” she added. Yesterday during the visit Loujain told (our parents) she is exhausted of being mistreated and […]

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