Saudi Prosecutor Denies Women’s Rights Activists Were Tortured in Detention

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Saudi Prosecutor Denies Women’s Rights Activists Were Tortured in Detention
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A Saudi prosecutor denied accusations by several women activists that they had been tortured in detention, as a high-profile trial resumed

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A Saudi prosecutor denied accusations by several women activists that they had been tortured in detention, family members said, as the group returned to court for a trial that has drawn intense Western scrutiny of the kingdom’s human-rights record.

Among those on trial are a group of prominent activists who pressed the Saudi government to allow women to drive and abolish a system of male guardianship for females. They were detained last May, a month before the kingdom lifted the ban on female driving,...

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