Amnesty slams Saudi Arabia’s punitive activist travel bans

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Al-Araby

Amnesty International has launched a new campaign to highlight Saudi Arabia’s use of travel bans as a tool of oppression against human rights activists, journalists, or critics of the government. The campaign, called ‘#LetThemFly’, highlights the cases of 30 detained human rights campaigners who face additional travel bans once they complete their sentences. #Saudi Arabian authorities are using arbitrary travel bans to punish, silence and control activists by locking them inside the country, or by locking in their families and relatives, in case of activists living abroad👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 https://t.co/s…

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