(CNN)The trial of 11 female Saudi activists resumed in Riyadh on Wednesday, in a case that has been criticized by rights groups and drawn international condemnation.
Saudi Arabia has not yet made the charges public, but after the women’s last hearings on March 13, Human Rights Watch reported that the charges appeared “almost entirely related to their human rights activities.”
Some of the women were charged with promoting women’s rights and calling for the end of Saudi Arabia’s restrictive male guardianship system, according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. The charges also include contact with international organizations, foreign media and other activists, the rights groups said.
