Dozens of countries have issued a rare and stinging rebuke of Saudi Arabia's treatment of detained activists, including imprisoned women’s rights campaigners.
. The women were held without charge from May until Friday when prosecutors accused them of trying to"undermine the Kingdom's security, stability, and national unity."
, who faces the death penalty. According to his family, al-Awda is accused of incitement against the ruler and spreading discord. Salman al-Awda was embraced by al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden in the 1990s and later jailed for opposing the government. He was later rehabilitated and went on to become one of the kingdom’s most popular clerics. Al-Awda has since called for greater democracy and social reform, and publicly denounced extremist violence.“The international community finally woke up,” said Alaoudh, a senior fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
While not referring to Vierra by name, a State Department spokesperson on Tuesday said officials had “seen media reports of a U.S. citizen unable to leave Saudi Arabia with her daughter.”
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