More than sixty women have gotten behind the wheel of a car and driven today, Saudi activists have claimed, in a show of defiance against a ban on women driving in the ultraconservative kingdom. The move came after a Saudi woman said she had got into a car earlier today and driven to the grocery store without being stopped or harassed by police.
Watch Saudi women protest the driving ban in the video below:
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