ALERT UPDATE: Equality Now Supports June 17 Women2Drive Campaign in Saudi Arabia

[Equality Now]

Update! 15 June 2011: Saudi women’s rights activist Manal al-Sherif was released by Saudi authorities on 30 May 2011 after nine days in custody. Reportedly, she was made to sign a pledge stating she would no longer drive and had to disassociate herself from a planned 17 June Women2Drive campaign she had helped spearhead. Saudi activists plan to continue with the 17 June mass driving campaign and Equality Now supports their efforts as they claim the right to drive. Please write to the Saudi government to express support for the women involved in the Women2Drive campaign and continue to call on the government to lift the ban on women driving. (If you have already signed the petition, click here to go directly to our Tell-A-Friend page to spread the word via email.) 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://www.equalitynow.org/english/takeaction/newsalert/urgentalert_saudiarabia_20110526_en.html 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.