A controversial samba performance has caused an outcry in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. A video posted on Twitter on January 11 showed a group of samba dancers performing on the street during the Jazan Winter Festival.

In a landmark decision earlier this month, Saudi Arabia amended their "Law of Procedure before Sharia Courts'' to allow women to live independently without permission from their male "guardian(s)". 

A Senator and rights groups are urging Apple and Google to remove a Saudi mobile application that facilitates men to track and restrict women.

A woman from Saudi Arabia faces two years in prison for hugging Iraqi singer and composer on stage during his performance.

Chess champion and her sister, also a chess player, refuse to attend the tournament in Saudi Arabia due to the abuse and mistreatment of women there.