Additional Name(s): أسماء السبيعي

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Saudi Arabia

Ethnic Group: Arab

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: June//2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions Online Activity Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems Women’s Rights

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Asmaa al-Subaie

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Asmaa al-Subaie is detained for her women’s rights activism critical of state imposed religious systems.

In June 2021, authorities affiliated with the Presidency of State Security arrested al-Subaie, a university student, over tweets she made criticizing the harsh sentences against those calling for changes to the guardianship system and other laws affecting women.

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