Thread by @LinaAlhathloul

(THREAD) Saudi Arabia appointed a new female ambassador : @amalalmoallimi. Amal visited my sister @LoujainHathloul in prison. She is aware of the torture, she noticed it and decided to hide it and to leave my sister in prison without any protection.

https://twitter.com/dawnmenaorg/status/1334134103302606850

On the 26 th of Nov2018, the Saudi Human rights comm.@HRCSaudi, a government body, visited Loujain in prison. Amal AlMoalimi was part of the commission. The visit was organized when we, as sibilings of Loujain, started talking publicly about the torture Loujain endured in prison.

The delegation asked our sister about her treatment in prison. She told them everything that had happened to her from electrocution to sexual harassment by the then-royal court advisor Saud AlQahtani.

At the end of their talk, after trusting them, and having to rethink about the hell she has been subject to, Loujain asked them : “can you guarantee me you can protect me with everything I’ve told you?”. Amal was surprised by the question and replied to her: “No we can’t”.

Worse than that, a few days after this visit, the Saudi News Agency published a very vague and brief communication in which they deny that anyone in prison had been tortured.

Amal AlMoalimi is aware of the torture, she noticed it and decided to hide it and to leave our sister Loujain in prison without any protection. This, for us, is being part of the cover-up.

We wonder what the Saudi government’s strategy is, by appointing a women? The first opinion one might have when hearing about this appointment is pride and solidarity with women. We think that Saudi Arabia’s is improving and that it is giving more rights to women.

I'm happy that more saudi women can dream of holding such positions.

However, I am also convinced it is easier for SA to whitewash its crimes when it appoints a woman who'll be the face representing the country and who has already shown she won’t admit any of the crimes that the government has committed, and worse than that : she will protect them

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