#SamarBadawi, a #Saudi activist who was arrested several times. She is behind bars since July 2018, during the crackdown on female activists who were calling for women’s right to drive & to end the male guardianship system. Samar faced various violations & ill-treatment. 
She was banned from any kind of contact with the outside, even with her family & lawyers, faced verbal abuse & sexual harassment, & tortured with electric shocks. She is now in jail over her calls for laws which has been amended! #ReleasePrisonersOfConscience
#NassimaAlSada a #Saudi human rights writer & activist, & a columnist & commentator for the Saudi news website Juhaina. She has campaigned for civil and political rights as well as women's rights. She was arrested with #SamarBadawi & other activists & journalists in July 2018.
Nassima was placed in solitary confinement more than once, a tool used by #MBS security authorities to punish & put more pressure on the detainees. #ReleasePrisonersOfConscience
#LoujainAlHathloul a #Saudi women’s rights activist. She was campaigning for women’s right to drive & opposing the male guardianship system. Loujain was arrested on several occasions b/c of her activism & is detained since July 2018 & was tortured, ill-treated & sexually harassed
Ruth Michaelson of The Guardian said abou Loujain: “to the outside world, #LoujainAlHathloul is regarded as one of the most influential women on the planet – but in her own country, she is seen as a threat who must be stopped”
#EmanAlNafjan another HR activist who was detained in the crackdown of July 2018. She was held in solitary confinement for 3 months without allowing her to see or contact anyone. During that period, she was taken out blindfolded and handcuffed to be interrogated and tortured
The torture sessions included shackling her hands and legs while lying on an iron bed, and then whipping her with a headband on different parts of her body, especially the feet. On other days, she is electrocuted while she is chained in the same way. #welcometoarabia
#AzizaAlYousef is a #Saudi activist & academic who was detained in July 2018 with other activists & journalists. She worked with 4 other activists to establish Amina (Safe), a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse.
After having gone through the legal process for establishing this shelter, the 5 activists along with the businessman who cosigned to provide financial support for the center, were thrown in jail just weeks before the driving ban is set to be lifted.
