Clinton backs ‘brave’ Saudi women

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21 June 2011 Last updated at 11:14 ET

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised “brave” Saudi women who are campaigning for the right to drive.

Mrs Clinton said they were “right” to press their demands in the ultra-conservative kingdom, in her first public comments on the issue.

Many Saudi women openly took to the roads last Friday in defiance of an official ban on female drivers.

Last month a woman, Manal al-Sherif, was arrested after uploading a video of herself driving.

“What these women are doing is brave, and what they are seeking is right,” Mrs Clinton told reporters when asked to comment on the campaign.

“I’m moved by it and I support them,” she added.

Her comments came a day after a US State Department spokeswoman said Mrs Clinton was engaged in “quiet diplomacy” over the issue.

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Clinton backs ‘brave’ Saudi women