Write for Rights 2024: Manahel al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia
Manahel al-Otaibi is a fitness instructor and a brave outspoken advocate for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.
In November 2022, she was arrested after posting to Snapchat photos of herself at a shopping mall. In the photos, she was not wearing the traditional long-sleeved loose robe known as an abaya.
Manahel has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in a secret hearing.
She was arrested and charged with violating Saudi Arabia’s “Anti-Cyber Crime” Law.