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A Saudi women’s rights activist detained over social media posts has been out of contact with the outside world since November, Amnesty International said Wednesday, accusing Saudi authorities of “enforced disappearance”. Manahel al-Otaibi was arrested in November 2022 for social media posts challenging the country’s male guardianship laws and requirements for women to wear the customary body-shrouding abaya. The 29-year-old has not yet been convicted or sentenced but public prosecutors accuse her of leading a “campaign to incite Saudi girls to denounce religious principles and rebel against t…

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