Saudi court ‘secretly’ hands 11-year sentence to women's rights activist
                        
                                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                    A Saudi court has recently sentenced women's rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi to 11 years in prison in a "secret hearing", according to two human rights groups who denounced the ruling as contradictory to the kingdom’s “narrative of reform and women’s empowerment”.                                  
                            
                        
                        
                                                    
                        
                        
    
    
        
            
            
        
        
    
                        
                            A Saudi court has recently sentenced women's rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi to 11 years in prison in a "secret hearing", according to two human rights groups who denounced the ruling as contradictory to the kingdom’s “narrative of reform and women’s empowerment”.