Saudi Woman Spared Lashing for Driving

Earlier this week, we wrote that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted Saudi women the right to vote in 2015 municipal elections. While acknowledging progress, we noted that Saudi women are still not permitted to drive. The next day, a Saudi woman was reportedly sentenced to lashing for driving. Reports later emerged that the King had overturned the court decision ordering the sentence. See coverage from the BBC and Al Jazeera. Also see another feature from June in Al Jazeera about one woman's efforts to lift the driving ban.