State prosecutors in Saudi Arabia are calling for the death penalty for Israa alGhomgham,a human rights activist from Qatif who was arrested in 2015. If executed, it will be the first time the country has carried out capital punishment on a woman. On 6 August, in a first hearing before the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in the capital, the public prosecutor recommended the death penalty for six defendants, including Ghomgham and her husband, Moussa al-Hashem, who have been jailed for nearly three years on charges of anti-government protests, incitement to disobedience of the ruler, and providing moral support to participants in antigovernment protests in the Shia-majority eastern region of Qatif.

Please find attached the press release

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ICSFT PR SAUDI ARABIA