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Saudi woman arrested for posing outside without hijab in defiance of strict moral code

Woman threatened with death after photograph went viral.

A Saudi woman who defied the country's strict dress codes by abandoning her hijab and black abaya robe and posing outside with her head uncovered wearing a floral dress has been arrested.

Late in November the woman tweeted the picture of herself, which was circulated on social media, leading religious conservatives to demand her imprisonment, and even her execution.

On Monday, police in the country's capital of Riyadh said they had arrested the woman, who is accused of "violations of general morals," a spokesman, Fawaz al-Maiman said, AFP reported.

Read more and see the "objectionable" photo here.