Several high profile women’s rights activists who have been imprisoned for over six months in Saudi Arabia have experienced severe physical and psychological abuse while in custody.
Four eyewitnesses reported accounts of floggings and electric shocks during interrogations, while families of the victims are afraid to detail the conditions of the prison for fear of retribution.
A statement by a Saudi official, said the women are going through the standard Saudi judiciary processes, which do not rely on the use of torture.