{"id":13522,"date":"2019-02-01T16:41:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T16:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org.uk\/?post_type=press&#038;p=13522"},"modified":"2022-01-21T20:43:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T20:43:10","slug":"israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s public prosecutor has confirmed that Israa al-Ghomgham, a women\u2019s rights activist imprisoned since 2015, is no longer under the threat of execution. The prosecutor had initially recommended a death sentence for alleged crimes connected with non-violent protests against the government and her work as a human rights defender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Reprieve and the European-Saudi Organization for Human Rights&nbsp;confirmed the Prosecution\u2019s decision, who now&nbsp;recommends charges carrying penalties including a lengthy prison term, fines and confiscation of assets. Four other people arrested at the same peaceful demonstration, including Israa\u2019s husband,&nbsp;still face&nbsp;death sentences for similar charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the first month of 2019, Saudi Arabia has executed&nbsp;23&nbsp;people, of which 16 were foreign nationals.&nbsp;At least 8&nbsp;young men are at risk of imminent execution for offences&nbsp;committed as juveniles and&nbsp;connected to exercising their fundamental right to peaceful assembly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Reprieve Director Maya Foa said:<\/strong> \u201cThis is welcome news, but the fact that four people arrested alongside Israa al-Ghomgham could still be beheaded for attending a protest shows how capricious Saudi Arabia\u2019s&nbsp;use of the death penalty continues to&nbsp; be under&nbsp;Mohammad Bin Salman. This is repression, not reform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Teenage protesters&nbsp;like&nbsp;Ali al-Nimr,&nbsp;Dawood al-Marhoon&nbsp;and Mujtaba Sweikatremain on death row and could be executed at any time. The international community must keep up the pressure on Saudi Arabia and demand their immediate release.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s public prosecutor has confirmed that Israa al-Ghomgham, a women\u2019s rights activist imprisoned since 2015, is no longer under the threat of execution. The prosecutor had initially recommended a death sentence for alleged crimes connected with non-violent protests against the government and her work as a human rights defender. Reprieve and the European-Saudi Organization &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":17554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-update"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saudi Arabia\u2019s public prosecutor has confirmed that Israa al-Ghomgham, a women\u2019s rights activist imprisoned since 2015, is no longer under the threat of execution. The prosecutor had initially recommended a death sentence for alleged crimes connected with non-violent protests against the government and her work as a human rights defender. Reprieve and the European-Saudi Organization &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Reprieve\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReprieveHQ\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-01T16:41:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-21T20:43:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@reprieve\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@reprieve\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-01T16:41:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-21T20:43:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Update\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/\",\"name\":\"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-01T16:41:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-21T20:43:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Graphic reading \\\"Press Release\\\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/01\\\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reprieve - fighting for human rights around the world\",\"description\":\"Reprieve is a legal action non-governmental organisation (NGO).  We are investigators, lawyers and campaigners fighting for justice. We defend people who are facing human rights abuses, often at the hands of powerful governments.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Reprieve: Delivering justice and saving lives across the world\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Reprieve_MetaImage_Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Reprieve_MetaImage_Logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Reprieve: Delivering justice and saving lives across the world\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ReprieveHQ\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/reprieve\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/@reprievehq\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/967614\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reprieve.org\\\/uk\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule","og_description":"Saudi Arabia\u2019s public prosecutor has confirmed that Israa al-Ghomgham, a women\u2019s rights activist imprisoned since 2015, is no longer under the threat of execution. The prosecutor had initially recommended a death sentence for alleged crimes connected with non-violent protests against the government and her work as a human rights defender. Reprieve and the European-Saudi Organization &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/","og_site_name":"Reprieve","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReprieveHQ\/","article_published_time":"2019-02-01T16:41:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-21T20:43:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@reprieve","twitter_site":"@reprieve","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule","datePublished":"2019-02-01T16:41:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-21T20:43:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/"},"wordCount":251,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg","articleSection":["Update"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/","url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/","name":"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg","datePublished":"2019-02-01T16:41:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-21T20:43:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Twitter_PressRelease.jpg","width":1024,"height":512,"caption":"Graphic reading \"Press Release\""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2019\/02\/01\/israa-al-ghomgham-an-exception-to-the-brutal-rule\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Israa al-Ghomgham: an exception to the brutal rule"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/","name":"Reprieve - fighting for human rights around the world","description":"Reprieve is a legal action non-governmental organisation (NGO).  We are investigators, lawyers and campaigners fighting for justice. We defend people who are facing human rights abuses, often at the hands of powerful governments.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/#organization","name":"Reprieve: Delivering justice and saving lives across the world","url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Reprieve_MetaImage_Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Reprieve_MetaImage_Logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":500,"caption":"Reprieve: Delivering justice and saving lives across the world"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReprieveHQ\/","https:\/\/x.com\/reprieve","https:\/\/instagram.com\/@reprievehq","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/967614"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/author\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Reprieve","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14902,"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522\/revisions\/14902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}