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Samar bint Muhammad Badawi (Arabic: سمر بدوي; born 28 June 1981) is a Saudi Arabian human rights activist. She and her father [1] [9] filed court cases against each other.
Jun 27, 2021 · Saudi Arabia has released two prominent women’s rights activists held in detention for nearly three years, a rights group has confirmed. “Human rights defenders Samar Badawi and Nassima al ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Samar Badawi was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to three years in prison for advocating for women's rights. She was tortured and sexually harassed during her detention and faced charges of sharing information with foreign organisations.
Jan 13, 2016 · Samar Badawi, who received a women of courage award from Obama and Clinton, was arrested and interrogated in Saudi Arabia. She is the wife of a jailed human rights lawyer and the sister of a flogged blogger.
Aug 1, 2018 · Samar Badawi, a US award winner and a campaigner for women's rights, is among the latest victims of a government crackdown on dissent in Saudi Arabia. She and other activists face charges of "suspicious contact with foreign parties" and could face up to 20 years in prison.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama present Samar Badawi, political activist from Saudi Arabia with an International...
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Samar Badawi is a Saudi women’s rights defender, an original advocate of the women’s driving campaign, a challenger to the male guardianship system and a champion for women’s suffrage more broadly. On July 30, 2018, she was arrested, not for the first time, for her activism and faces up to 20 years in prison.
