Saudi urged to annul woman's jail, lashes sentence

RIYADH (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch called on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to quash a sentence of 18 months in jail and 300 lashes issued against a woman for filing harassment complaints without being accompanied by a male guardian.

Tribal custom and strict rules limit women's movement in the conservative Islamic state, where women are forbidden from driving. Women can face action by the religious police if they are not accompanied in public by a male relative acting as a guardian.