Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama present an International Women of Courage Award to Samar Badawi in 2012. (Photo: Charles ...

Relations between Saudi Arabia and Canada have taken a sudden turn for the worse after the Canadian foreign minister called for the release of detained women's rights activists. The dispute has been ...

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The past few months have been tumultuous for activists in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch announced that Saudi authorities detained women's rights activists Samar Badawi and Nassima ...

Samar Badawi was detained in Saudi Arabia, where her brother has been held since 2012 for insulting Islam in blog posts. Reuters The dispute is centered on two Canadian government tweets that called ...

The sister of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has reportedly been arrested for posting a photo of her former husband on Twitter and asking for his release from prison. Raif Badawi's wife, Ensaf ...

Saudi human rights activist Samar Badawi was arrested on January 12, 2016, allegedly for running the Twitter account of her jailed husband, Waleed Abulkhair, a leading Saudi human rights lawyer and ...

Saudi authorities accuse Samar Badawi of running her ex-husband's Twitter account, an activist says Her ex-spouse and brother -- who are also activists -- are both currently in prison Samar Badawi, a ...

Samar Badawi, a notable human rights activist in Saudi Arabia, was released Wednesday after being detained by law enforcement the day before. Gen. Mansour al-Turki, the Interior Ministry spokesman, ...