DHAKA: Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned it will take measures against activists who go ahead with a planned weekend campaign to defy a ban on women drivers in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

‘It is known that women in Saudi are banned from driving and laws will be applied against violators and those who demonstrate in support’ of this cause, interior ministry spokesman General Mansur al-Turki said, reports The Straits Times.

Activists have called on social networks for Saudi women, individually, to go behind the wheel on Saturday, in a campaign in the world`s only country that bans women from driving.

On Wednesday, the interior ministry issued a statement saying it would crack down against anyone who attempts to ‘disturb public peace’ by congregating or marching ‘under the pretext of an alleged day of female driving’.

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