Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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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.