On 13 February 2025, 47-year-old teacher Asaad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi was released from prison in Saudi Arabia after over two years of imprisonment following an unfair trial before the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC). Asaad bin Nasser Al-Ghamdi was arrested on 20 November 2022 and initially sentenced to 20 years in prison on 29 May 2024, later reduced to 15 years, solely for social media posts criticizing the government’s Vision 2030 programme and expressing condolences for the death in prison of a prominent human rights defender.
