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– Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 7, 2018

Over 30 human rights organisations call for Saudi human rights defenders arrested over the past two weeks solely for supporting women's rights to be released immediately and unconditionally.
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