Two Saudi women detained for a month for defying a ban preventing female drivers were referred to a court created to try terrorism cases, according to Associated Press. Loujain al-Hathloul and Maysa al-Amoudi criticized the driving law on social media, and were referred to the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh. The court, though used to try terrorism cases, has been used to try peaceful activists and critics of the Saudi government. Activists worry that this case will be used to set an example for those who wish to peacefully criticize the government on social media.

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There is no formal law preventing women in Saudi Arabia from driving. Ultraconservative religious clerics, however, issued an edict against female drivers and authorities do not issue driver's licenses to women. The ban is the only one of its kind in the world, according to the Associated Press.

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