arabic women rights activist saudi_arabia helped start women right drive campaign women rights activist previously filmed driving filmed driving car campaign video posted youtube facebook detained released following day released bail conditions returning questioning requested driving talking media new_york_times associated_press associated women driving campaign wider pattern arab spring long duration detention authorities fear protests following driving campaign remained active critic government issues including imprisoned female foreign workers lack elections murder work recognized time oslo freedom forum background graduated computing career certification worked internet security consultant national oil company wrote daily women rights campaigns addition professional career campaigned women rights saudi_arabia years according new_york_times reputation pulling stunts highlight lack rights women women driving campaign stated following long tradition women activists world line expose challenge laws policies women driving rights saudi_arabia women saudi_arabia limited freedom movement practice allowed drive motor vehicles dozens women drove cars protest imprisoned day confiscated lost jobs september saudi_arabia founded gave signature petition king asking women allowed drive filmed driving received international media attention video posted youtube inspired arab spring woman started driving second week stating heard protests happened middle_east started accept group people going outside saying want loud voice impact women driving campaign group women including started facebook campaign named teach drive protect says women allowed drive campaign calls women start driving june readers facebook page expressed support describes action acting women rights protesting impressed campaign decided help late drove car filming video posted youtube facebook video stated volunteer campaign help girls country learn drive times emergency god driving gets heart attack detained religious police released hours people watched video youtube video drive inaccessible original location facebook page campaign deleted twitter account copied altered supporters republished original video facebook page summary recommended rules june campaign published blog new_york_times detained director general questioned journalists traffic regulations related women driving stated journalists question members suggested sentenced days imprisonment new_york_times described campaign protest movement government tried swiftly associated_press said authorities cracked harder usual seeing case rallying youths anxious change context arab spring news organisations attributed long duration detention authorities fear wider protest movement saudi_arabia declared prisoner conscience called immediate release day arrest woman detained driving car drove women passengers detained traffic police presence released signing statement drive reaction arrest women published videos driving following days authorities said remain detention june according freed lawyer said charged women drive rallying public opinion conditions release include bail returning questioning requested driving talking media possible reasons early release national cited having written letter signing online petition king disbelief critics abroad jailed moral criminal offence filed objection november officials rejecting driver licence application filed similar lawsuit february women prisoners campaign following release prison started twitter campaign called release filipino indonesian women prisoners women prison locked owe small sum money afford pay debt said women prisoners domestic workers remained prison completing prison terms pay debts employers help release fund flights return countries origin referred indonesian women named women needing help stated debts called donations directly director women prison order women debts free post campaign january mistakenly reported dead car crash january guardian confirmed fact alive actual victim unnamed member desert community involved female driving campaign following arrests reported increasingly employers quit following dispute trip norway receive prize creative dissent december criticized initiative government inform husbands sms wives leave country accordance law making men legal guardians wives small fact sms story gives idea bigger problem system wrote twitter appointed women advisory time january criticized reform small noting council elected body pass legislation february worked bring international attention case year old father fatally raped beat burned served months jail paid roughly blood money recognition foreign policy magazine named global listed forbes list women briefly year named time magazine named influential people people awarded annual prize creative dissent oslo freedom forum
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