DUBAI: Saudi Arabia disregarded Friday as "baseless" reviews that detained activists, including women, confronted sexual harassment and torture right through interrogation.
"These recent reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are baseless," the dominion mentioned in a statement.
The executive mentioned that it "strongly denies" the accusations which can be "simply wrong".
The activists, held since May in Dhahban prison on the western Red Sea coast, have confronted repeated electrocution and flogging, leaving some of them not able to stand or stroll, Amnesty International mentioned on Tuesday, bringing up 3 separate testimonies.
At least one activist was made to hold from a ceiling, Amnesty added.
In addition to the torture, a minimum of 3 women activists additionally persisted "forcible kissing and hugging", Human Rights Watch mentioned in a separate statement additionally on Tuesday.
The reviews came as Saudi Arabia faces intense global complaint over the killing of insider-turned-critic Jamal Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate on October 2, which tipped the dominion into one in all its worst crises.
More than a dozen activists were arrested in May -- just ahead of the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on women drivers the following month.
Many of them were accused of undermining safety and assisting enemies of the state. Some were subsequently released.
"These recent reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are baseless," the dominion mentioned in a statement.
The executive mentioned that it "strongly denies" the accusations which can be "simply wrong".
The activists, held since May in Dhahban prison on the western Red Sea coast, have confronted repeated electrocution and flogging, leaving some of them not able to stand or stroll, Amnesty International mentioned on Tuesday, bringing up 3 separate testimonies.
At least one activist was made to hold from a ceiling, Amnesty added.
In addition to the torture, a minimum of 3 women activists additionally persisted "forcible kissing and hugging", Human Rights Watch mentioned in a separate statement additionally on Tuesday.
The reviews came as Saudi Arabia faces intense global complaint over the killing of insider-turned-critic Jamal Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate on October 2, which tipped the dominion into one in all its worst crises.
More than a dozen activists were arrested in May -- just ahead of the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on women drivers the following month.
Many of them were accused of undermining safety and assisting enemies of the state. Some were subsequently released.
Saudi dismisses sexual harassment reports as 'baseless'
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