US EditionUrgent Action - Saudi Arabia: Women's Rights Activists Re-sentenced - Amnesty International Ireland
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On 21 August 2025, the Court of Appeal of the Special Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia again sentenced Manahel al Otaibi, an influencer, fitness teacher and women's rights activist, to five years' imprisonment followed by a five-year ban on leaving the territory. Mahahel al Otaibi has been incarcerated since 16 November 2022. On 9 January 2024, the Special Criminal Court sentenced him to 11 years' imprisonment for "terrorism-related offences" foll…
Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court on August 21 overturned the eleven-year prison sentence imposed on women’s rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi. The activist has been imprisoned since 2022 on charges related solely to her choice of clothing and expression of her opinions online, but has been given a new five-year sentence with a subsequent five-year travel ban, according to her family and NGOs.
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