Asmaa Al-Subaie, a 26-year-old university student and human rights defender, was very active online supporting women’s rights campaigns and women survivors of domestic violence. She was arrested with dozens of online activists on 01 June 2021, forcibly disappeared, and detained for a year without being charged, and without access to family visits or legal consultation. In June 2022, she appeared, probably forcibly, on a televised state-sponsored interview promoting the government policies from Al-Ha’ir, the political prison in Riyadh. She was reportedly released in April 2025.