The rulers of Saudi Arabia are tyrannical and still the West does nothing

The sentencing of up to six years imprisonment of the Saudi women rights activist feminist Loujain al-Hathloul by the regime in Riyadh is an affront to any claims that the government in Saudi Arabia has changed in its tolerance of women or its acceptance of any democratic credentials.

Imagine jailing a person who asked that may be permitted to driver her car.

One would think that we are still in years of serfdom.

It is unfortunate that the rulers of the tyrannical kingdom still do and that the West does nothing!

Paul Doran, Dublin 22

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