Saudi Arabia: Activist Reema Al Joresh Detained on Eid Day · Global Voices
Anas Soliman

Saudi activist and Twitter user, Reema Al Joresh, was briefly arrested earlier today (August 19, 2012) when she was on her way to a mosque to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that follows Ramadan. Al Joresh is an outspoken critic of Saudi interior ministry's arbitrary detentions. Moreover, she is the wife of a prisoner who has been detained for eight years without a trial.
She was planning to give away 500 gifts that contain a letter to raise awareness about the issue of arbitrary detention in Saudi Arabia.
At 5:11 AM (Saudi time), Al Joresh tweeted [ar]:
A hashtag was immediately started by Saudi Twitter users, who expressed their frustration.
Photo posted by Reema Al Joresh on Twitter as she tweeted: We have been arrested [ar]
Abdulaziz al-Shihri tweeted:
Mohammad al-Ogaimi added:
The comment refers to the number of followers Al Joresh had on Twitter. At the time of writing this post, they have multiplied to around 3,500 and growing.
Screen shot showing Al Joresh's followers on Twitter
When Reema was released, she wrote a series of tweets explaining what had happened: