Nassima al-Sadah

Nassima al-Sadah
نسيمة السادة
Born13 August 1974
NationalitySaudi Arabian
Occupation(s)Shia human rights writer and activist
Known forCampaigning for civil and political rights, women's rights and the rights of the Shi'a minority in the eastern province Qatif, Saudi Arabia
Criminal statusArrested on July 30, 2018 by Saudi authorities in a broader "government crackdown" on "activists, clerics and journalists"

Nassima al-Sadah (also al-Sada or al-Sasa, Arabic: نسيمة السادة; born 13 August 1974) is a Shia human rights writer and activist from the "restive Shi'ite-majority" eastern province Qatif, Saudi Arabia. She has "campaigned for civil and political rights, women's rights and the rights of the Shi'a minority" in the eastern province Qatif, Saudi Arabia for many years. She ran as a candidate in the 2015 Saudi Arabian municipal elections but was disqualified. Sadah and another prominent activist, Samar Badawi, were arrested on July 30, 2018, by Saudi authorities in a broader "government crackdown" on "activists, clerics and journalists."

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