Six Saudi women drivers arrested

For the females' violation of an unwritten law:

Saudi: Saudi police have arrested six women for practicing driving in an empty car lot in the capital city of Riyadh, calling in their male guardians.

The arrests took place north of the city on Thursday for the females' violation of an unwritten law, which is practiced across the kingdom against women's driving, AFP reported.

"We did not break the law. We were not driving on the road," said one of the females.

Besides the prohibition, Saudi women are deprived of a choice in marriage, divorce and children's custody.

The females are dictated to and guarded by male relatives and cannot travel without the consent of a male guardian.

They are also barred from the municipal elections, which form the kingdom's only public electoral event.

Thursday arrests came one week before a planned nationwide protest by Saudi women.

Slated for June 17, the demonstration is expected to see women getting behind the wheels in defiance of the ban on driving.

Press TV