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    Saudi Arabia issues driving licenses to women, but some advocates remain jailed

    by Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times Jun 05, 2018 3 minutes

    BEIRUT - Saudi Arabia has issued the first driving licenses to women in decades, even as prominent advocates for giving women the right to drive in the conservative kingdom have been arrested and labeled as "traitors" by government-backed media.

    Ten women who already had valid driving licenses from other countries were allowed to trade them in for Saudi ones Monday after undergoing brief tests at the General Traffic Department in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and other cities, the government said in a statement. But they won't be able to use the

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