Saudi woman jailed for 11 years over rights posts, Amnesty says

Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia to free a 29-year-old fitness instructor it says has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her choice of clothing and social media posts urging an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system.

Manahel Al-Otaibi was sentenced in January and details of her case emerged in Saudi Arabia's formal reply to a request from the United Nations human rights office, London-based Amnesty said in a statement on Tuesday. Mark Owen speaks to Bissan Fakih, campaigner for Amnesty International with a focus on Iraq and Saudi Arabia.