Woman arrested in Saudi Arabia after defying driving ban
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Manal al-Sharif, who learnt to drive in the US, was arrested one day after she posted footage on the video-sharing website YouTube showing her driving in the Eastern Province city of Al-Khobar.She was released after a few hours, but later she was taken back into custody, an activist said.
"She was detained for hours at a police station until her brother came to secure her release," said the activist, who added that the notorious religious police were called by traffic police to help in arresting Ms Sharif.
The Twitter page for Women2Drive, managed by women calling for a driving protest in June, said police arrested Ms Sharif at her home, and that she had been taken to a correctional prison, usually used for women, after a brief detention at Al-Khobar police station.
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