Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Activism

Saudi women’s rights activist Samar Badawi appears in court

Prominent women's rights activists including Samar Badawi appeared in a Saudi court on Thursday over charges linked to their human rights activism. Badawi is the sister of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2012 for criticism of officials in the kingdom. It was the first time Samar Badawi had appeared in court since her arrest on July 30, 2018. She was apprehended along with Nassima al-Sadah, a women's rights activist from Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and Amal al-Harbi

Europe | U.K. | Law

Judge’s comments on gender equality ‘show problems women face in law’

Source: theguardian

The views of supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption exemplify what is wrong with the way women are viewed within the legal profession, according to the barrister Charlotte Proudman. In an article for the Guardian, Proudman – who faced a recent backlash after publishing her response to a comment made about her appearance by a solicitor - criticised Lord Sumption over an interview in which he said that pushing through equal representation for women at the top of the legal profession could result in “appalling consequences” for the quality of British justice. “The supreme court jus