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following what had been planned as a final hearing to be held on 28 October 2018. On 6 August 2018, the Saudi
Arabian prosecutor involved in al-Ghomgham's case recommended that she and her husband be sentenced to death. Saudi activists stated that al-Ghomgham is the first woman to have faced capital
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stated in relation to al-Ghomgham's situation that "Canada will always stand up for the protection of human rights, including women's rights and freedom of expression around the world", without calling for al-Ghomgham's "immediate release". A call by Canada earlier in August 2018 for the "immediate
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sought international support to stop the death sentence, arguing that it would set a precedent for executing other Saudi women campaigning for the rights of religious minorities. Sarah
Whitson of Human Rights Watch stated that "seeking the death penalty for activists like Israa al-Ghomgham, who are
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which allows a judge to determine both the sentence for a crime and what constitutes a crime. Al-Ghomgham had no access to a lawyer for the first 32 months of her detention. The would-be final court hearing, at which the death penalty should have been confirmed or overturned, was scheduled for 28
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the charges include participating in protests, inciting protests, chanting slogans against the regime, attempting to inflame public opinion, filming protests, publishing on social media, using the photo of another woman on her
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punishment for human rights campaigning in Saudi Arabia. On 31 January 2019, the Saudi authorities dropped the prosecutor's request for al-Ghomgham to be sentenced to death. Al-Ghomgham was tried in an
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175:and the prosecutor recommended a
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