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(詳細は2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests from May to December 2011. The 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests are a series of ongoing protests taking place in Saudi Arabia, which began in January 2011, influenced by concurrent protests in the region. In May and June, motivated by the Arab Spring,〔 Manal al-Sharif and other women organised a women's right-to-drive campaign, with the main action to take place on 17 June. Al-Sharif drove a car in May and was detained on 22 May and from 23‒30 May.〔〔〔 Other women also drove cars, including actress Wajnat Rahbini, who was arrested after driving in Jeddah on 4 June and released a day later.〔 From 17 June to late June, about seventy cases of women driving were documented.〔〔〔 In late September, Shaima Jastania was sentenced to 10 lashes for driving in Jeddah, shortly after King Abdullah announced women's participation in the 2015 municipal elections and eligibility as Consultative Assembly members. King Abdullah cancelled the sentence.〔〔 Protests in the Qatif region continued in May〔〔〔 and in October protests, police shot live ammunition at protestors.〔 The protestors called for Eastern Province to have its own constitution and legislative assembly, and for their association Society for Development and Change to be legally registered.〔 In late November, Nasser al-Mheishi, Ali al-Felfel, Munib al-Sayyed al-`Adnan and Ali Abdullah al-Qarairis were shot dead by security forces in the Qatif region in successive protests and funerals.〔〔〔〔 The protests continued in December.〔 Hundreds of people protested in Riyadh and Buraidah in December, calling for the release or trial of prisoners.〔 ==May== Street protests in and near Qatif and the beginning of a women's driving campaign took place in May 2011.〔〔 According to Press TV, hundreds of people protested in Qatif on 5 May,〔 hundreds protested in Qatif and al-Awamiyah on 13 May,〔 and protests occurred in Qatif on 20 May.〔 The protests were against the use of the Peninsula Shield Force troops in the Bahraini uprising, against the arbitrary detention of protestors in previous demonstrations, and for improved human rights, especially freedom of speech.〔〔 During the second week of May 2011, a woman inspired by the Arab Spring, Najla Hariri, started driving a car in Jeddah despite a ''de facto'' ban on women driving. She stated, "Before in Saudi, you never heard about protests. () after what has happened in the Middle East, we started to accept a group of people going outside and saying what they want in a loud voice, and this has had an impact on me."〔 On 21 May, Manal al-Sharif, a women's rights activist who helped start a women's right to drive campaign, was detained for six hours after a video showing her driving in Khobar in the Eastern Province, filmed by another women's rights activist, Wajeha al-Huwaider, gained widespread popularity on YouTube and Facebook.〔〔〔 Al-Sharif was detained again from 22 May〔 to 30 May, when she was released on bail,〔 on the conditions of returning for questioning if requested, not driving and not talking to the media.〔 ''The New York Times'' and Associated Press associated the long duration of al-Sharif's detention with Saudi authorities' fear of protests.〔〔 On 23 May, another woman was detained for driving a car. She drove with two women passengers in Ar Rass and was detained by traffic police in the presence of the religious police (CPVPV). She was released after signing a statement that she would not drive again.〔 In reaction to al-Sharif's arrest, several more Saudi women published videos of themselves driving during the following days.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests (May–December 2011)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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