
Saudi
Arabia has an abysmal human rights record, particularly with regards to
women's rights. The country's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue
and Prevention of Vice, or the religious police, have come under fire
for restricting the movement of women as well as numerous other human
rights violations. The Saudi Arabia government has been criticised by
human rights groups for failing to include a single female athlete in
its team for next month's Asian Games, saying it was because women were
"not competitive enough".
Out
of 45 competing countries, the conservative Muslim nation is the only
one that has not included both genders on their team. Human Rights Watch
told Reuters it was "another crisis of women's participation". In a
country where a woman cannot open a bank account without her husband's
permission, here are several other things women in Saudi Arabia are
unable to do. Women cannot go outside without Mahram who is usually a
male relative. Women have not permission to drive the car, they have no
right to cast thier Vote.
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