Human Rights Watch condemns Saudi restriction of women's sports
Players of private King's United women's team train
By James M. Dorsey
International human rights group Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of kowtowing to assertions by the country's powerful conservative Muslim clerics that female sports constitute "steps of the devil" that will encourage immorality and reduce women's chances of meeting the requ…
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