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Saudi women break driving ban, defying warnings

Female driver Azza Al Shmasani alights from her car after driving in defiance of the ban in Riyadh. (Photo: Reuters, Fahad)

26 October 2013 /REUTERS, RIYADH

A few women filmed themselves driving in Saudi cities on Saturday, defying government warnings of arrest and prosecution to take part in a campaign against men-only road rules, activists said.

But some others stayed at home, put off by phone calls from men who said they were from the Interior Ministry, reported  organisers of the demonstration against an effective ban on women drivers.
Police put up checkpoints in some parts of Riyadh, Reuters witnesses said, and there appeared to be more traffic patrols than usual on the streets of the capital - the latest sign of the sensitivity of the issue in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom.
"I know of several women who drove earlier today. We will post videos (online) later," one of the campaign organisers told Reuters by phone.