I’ve been seeing tweets about this since Sunday but couldn’t find any reliable sources reporting it, until now:

"Israa would be the first woman to face the death penalty simply for peacefully participating in protests in Saudi Arabia."

The women's rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham and four other activists face execution, according to reports. https://t.co/rxX4NZO0Rj pic.twitter.com/N3p75o4XSn

— BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) August 22, 2018

The story:

Reports suggest that the women’s rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham and four other activists face execution. They’re currently on trial in front of a terrorism tribunal on charges including “taking part in protests”.

Saudi Arabia’s powerful young Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has enacted some high profile social and economic reforms in recent years. But they’ve been accompanied by a crackdown on dissent with dozens of clerics, intellectuals and activists arrested in the past year, including women who had campaigned for the right to drive.

Execution. For social protest. Never let anyone tell you Saudi Arabia is a friend or ally.