The struggle of women in Saudi Arabia who asked the kingdom to lift a ban on driving for women seem to keep winding. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently even hold at least five people were due to reckless driving her own car.
Previously, the Saudi Arabian women activists join forces to force the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ultra-conservative to lift a ban on driving for women. Various things they have done, from the campaign on the internet, took to the streets to ask auto manufacturers to stop selling cars in Arabic.
Any sympathy they get. The feminist activists from several countries are also known to perform a demonstration to support the struggle of Arab women. Even U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement supporting the women's movement activists.
But that does not make the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to follow their will, the kingdom in the oil-rich country is even harder to give treatment. At least five women in the resistance due to reckless driving in Arabic.
A human rights activist Eman al-Nafjan told the Associated Press and quoted aol, Friday (07/01/2011) says that the police had arrested a woman on Tuesday while driving on the coast of the Red Sea in Jeddah.
Four other women also accused of driving and then arrested and until now no new information regarding their custody status.
"Apparently, this is the first major pressure from the government," said al-Nafjan. "We're not sure what it means at this point and if this is the beginning of the hard line imposed by the government to the struggle," he added.
Early last month some 40 Saudi women sit behind the wheel as a form of protest because until now Saudi Arabia does not allow women to drive alone.
Previously an activist woman named Manal Al-Sharif must feel the cold prison walls due to perform a similar protest two months ago. At least six other women were also arrested after they were caught driving lessons in north of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia at the time.
