Kuwaiti trans woman released on bail after support pours in from around the world

On Friday, June 5, Maha Al-Mutairi got a call from the police. They asked her to come in for an unspecified investigation. On her way to the station, she posted a video to Snapchat. In the video, she alleges that when she has previously been called in by police, they’ve raped and sexaully assaulted her in jail. The video and the allegations went viral. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on what Mutairi’s lawyer called “the biggest LGBT movement in Kuwait” history.