ALERT UPDATE: Flogging Sentence for Female Saudi Driver; Continued Call for the Repeal of Saudi Arabia's Fatwa on Women Driving

[Equality Now]

Update! 27 September 2011: According to reports, a Saudi woman has been sentenced to flogging for driving a car in Jeddah.  The woman, who does not want to be identified out of fear for her safety, was sentenced to ten lashes by a Jeddah court on 27 September 2011 and has appealed the sentence. Reportedly, two other Saudi women are also facing charges for driving.  Please write to the Saudi government to repeal the sentence and release this woman and any others in a similar situation.  Please continue to express support for the women involved in the Women2Drive campaign and call on the government to lift the ban on women driving. Take action here: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6208/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7007 You can now easily share this action with all of your friends on Facebook & Twitter! Look for the sharing links at the top of the action page! Please click on the following link for further information as well as full contact information for officials if you wish to fax or send your own personalized letter: http://equalitynow.org/take_action/discrimination_in_law_action_7 We hope that you will support this and our other Women's Action campaigns.   EQUALITY NOW works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world. Connect with us: You have received this email through your subscription to Equality Now's email list. If you did not subscribe, or would no longer like to receive email updates unsubscribe here.