Document #2008208
RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author)
Al-Fassi was prosecuted for being in contact with foreign media, diplomats and human rights groups. She was one of a total of 11 women who were targeted in the unprecedented wave of arrests that began a year ago in Saudi Arabia.
Three other women, including the blogger Eman al-Nafjan , were released on 28 March, after the second hearing in their trial.