ISTANBUL — Several women’s rights activists who have been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for more than six months have been subjected to psychological or physical abuse while in custody, including sleep deprivation and beatings, according to four people familiar with the conditions of the activists’ detention.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Jailed Saudi women’s rights activists said to face electric shocks, beatings and other abuse
By Kareem Fahim
November 20, 2018 at 2:10 p.m. EST