Diplomatic Circles

Carleton students appeal to Ottawa for release of Saudi women’s rights activist

Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi, a prominent women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia, was arrested a week after she and other women demonstrated for women's right to drive.

A group of Carleton University students is calling on the Trudeau government to intervene and call for Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi's release. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland received pushback from the Saudi government after she called out the regime's detention of another Saudi activist, Raif Badawi.The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Katrina Douglas

November 9, 2018

In June, Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi, a women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia was arrested and detained for her advocacy efforts. The

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