#Saudi_Arabia fines 16 women for driving
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At least 16 Saudi women have received fines for taking the wheel on a day set by activists to defy the kingdom’s traditional ban on female driving, police and reports said Sunday. Only few women braved official threats of punishment and drove on Saturday in response to an online campaign headlined “Women’s driving is a choice.” "Police stopped six women driving in Riyadh, and fined them 300 riyals ($80) each," said the capital’s police deputy spokesman, Colonel Fawaz al-Miman. read (...)