On 04 May 2025, Fadel Al-Manasef, a human rights defender, blogger and founding member of Al-Adalah Center for Human Rights, was released after serving a sentence of 14 years in prison for his peaceful and legitimate human rights work.

The defender was arrested on 01 May 2011 and was released on 11 August 2011 after he spent a period in incommunicado detention. He was re-arrested on 02 October 2011, and again spent nearly four months in incommunicado detention and was subjected to physical and psychological torture.

A set of charges were directed against him by the General Prosecutor, including allegedly “participating in the demonstrations, writing articles in e-newspapers and in social networks to harm the state, incite the media outlets and human rights organisations through his communications with them to act against the Saudi government, participating in the setup of a human rights organisation – Al-Adalah Center – active in inciting the public to come out against the guardian.”

Among the evidence the Public Prosecutor relied upon as a basis for bringing these charges was “producing, storing and disseminating material that would harm public order and public morals.”