Israa al-Ghomgham
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Israa al-Ghomgham[2][3] (إسراء الغمغام;[1] also: Israa al-Ghamgam[7]) is a Saudi Arabian human rights advocate. She is especially known for her documentation of the 2017–18 Qatif unrest.
Israa al-Ghomgham | |
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إسراء الغمغام[1] | |
Born | 1988 or 1989 (age 34–35)[2] |
Known for | participating in protests and documenting the 2017–18 Qatif unrest in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia;[3][4] faced sentencing to death as of August 2018;[2] death penalty request dropped on 31 January 2019[5][6] |
Spouse | Moussa al-Hashem[2] |
In September 2018, she risked being sentenced to become the first female human rights defender to be executed, possibly by beheading, in Saudi Arabia[8][9][10] following what had been planned as a final hearing to be held on 28 October 2018.[2] On 6 August 2018, the Saudi Arabian prosecutor involved in al-Ghomgham's case recommended that she and her husband be sentenced to death.[2] Saudi activists stated that al-Ghomgham is the first woman to have faced capital punishment for human rights campaigning in Saudi Arabia.[2][11] On 31 January 2019,[5] the Saudi authorities dropped the prosecutor's request for al-Ghomgham to be sentenced to death.[12][6] Al-Ghomgham was tried in an unfair trial and in February 2021 was sentenced to an eight-year imprisonment term, as reported by the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR).[13]