The government demands that every woman has a male legal guardian, usually the father, husband or brother and needs his permission to travel, marry and take certain kinds of jobs.
The man, who was also fined 30,000 riyals (£6,500) by a court in the eastern city of Dammam, was convicted of "inciting to end guardianship of women" in statements he posted on Twitter and in public posters.
According to the Okaz daily newspaper, he was arrested while putting up posters in mosques in Al-Hasa district calling for an end to the unique system that subjects women in the ultra-conservative kingdom to male control.
During interrogation by the police, he confessed to being the person behind an online campaign to end the guardianship system.
Saudi Arabia has some of the world's tightest restrictions on women, and is the only country where they are not allowed to drive.
Activists say that even female prisoners have to be received by the male guardian when they are released which means, some have to languish in jail or a shelter beyond their sentences if the man does not want to accept them.
Source: Okaz daily newspaper
14 comments:
Guess he knew his fate even before taking that drastic decision. #CantSimplyShout
And foolish feminist will say that Nigeria is backward because of "lack of feminism". Let me inform all you worthless fools. Saudi arabia is the most anti-feminist country. They have a very high GDP, GNI, HDI and also advanced military and technology. Feminism has got nothing to do with the advancement of a society, if anything at all, it pushes civilization and common sense backward.
Hmmmm
...merited happiness
.........Tasteless religion...........
............. Feliz navidad...........
Hmmmm
He brought upon its self.
You are silly and uninformed. I pity the women in your life.
Ndi ala! Linda take note!
And you are the sensible one eh? I guess you like that women suffer and have to answer to men all their lives and the men has no one to answer to. Before you open your mouth to say things think and put yourself in that person's shoes. Learn the meaning of empathy, it will do you alot of good. New year new you. People fought for women in Nigeria and the world for them to be able to do somethings that you take for granted and they are still fighting till today. If you a are a man...a man went to jail fighting for women in his country. How does that sound to you, you can too if you understand what feminism is all about. All the GDP etc you metioned you think countries in Europe don't have that or America. Now you want to blame feminism as the root of our economic problems. It is people like you that push civilization and common sense backwards. Be a better person next year, have a good day.
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-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
What wrong with all that idiots being born with fragile masculinity? What exactly is wrong inside your head?
So because Saudi has a success rate in the oppression of women, Nigerians should allow for the same nonsense here?
You are a certifiable lunatic. Keep thinking you have a say in change, as the girl children of the next generation are getting qualifications, and Linda's generation is opening businesses and advancing possibilities, let's see what will come of you idiot who like prostitutes, and helpless maidens, when you can no longer find any, or you are only capable of wifing that calibre of women and your friends ask you, what does your wife do, and your only answer is gives me babies.
To that foolish LAra Ilara or whatever. Saudi has no advanced miltary all was supplied from the United States. They did not manufacture any weapons if they did why they pay US to defend them against Iraq aggression.
Saudi Arabia is the no 1 exporter of terrorism and subjugating women into 3rd class humans
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Kudos to this brave-hearted man for standing up for human rights in Saudi Arabia. After all, women's rights are human rights AND human rights are women's rights. QED@atm
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