Seven Years Since the Arrest of Zana Al-Shehri: SANAD Renews Its Call for Her Immediate Release

These days mark the seventh anniversary of the arrest of writer and journalist Zana Al-Shehri, who was detained in November 2019 over articles in which she expressed her peaceful views.

Zana Al-Shehri worked as a journalist and translator for Al-Asr magazine. She is not the only one still detained in Saudi prisons, where a number of journalists and writers remain behind bars, including Osama Sahli, Sami Al-Thubaiti, Zuhair Kutbi, Ali Mohsen Abu Luhoum, and others.

SANAD Human Rights Organization renews its demand that the Saudi authorities immediately disclose the fate of writer Zana Al-Shehri and release her unconditionally. It also calls on the international community, human rights organizations, and bodies concerned with press freedom to take urgent action and exert the necessary pressure on the Saudi authorities to secure her release and that of all journalists detained over their peaceful opinions.