Saudi woman arrested for driving

A woman who tried to drive in defiance of a ban on
women drivers in Saudi Arabia has been arrested after
being blocked at the border with the United Arab
Emirates for a day, activists said along with many users
on social media.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which does
not allow women to drive.
“I have been at the Saudi border for 24 hours. They
don’t want to give me my passport nor will they let me
pass,” Loujain Hathloul said in a tweet at around midday,
before tweets from @LoujainHathloul stopped.
Activists said she was arrested on Monday afternoon, but
the interior ministry could not immediately comment on her
case.
Another woman, UAE-based Saudi journalist Maysaa
Alamoudi, who went to support her, was also arrested,
an activist told the AFP news agency.
“They transferred her and Maysaa… to the bureau of
investigation” at a Saudi police station, said the activist
who asked for anonymity.
Both women’s phones rang unanswered. Border officers
blocked Hathloul because she was driving, activists said.
She said her driving licence “is valid in all GCC
countries”, a reference to the six-nation Gulf Cooperation
Council which includes Saudi Arabia.
Hathloul also posted details about her long confinement in
her car.