On this day in 2018, Saudi Arabian women's rights activists Nassima al-Sadah and Samar Badawi were arrested in a government crackdown of political activists, serving three years in prison. Both were released in June 2021.

Nassima al-Sadah is a Shia human rights writer and activist from Qatif, Saudi Arabia. She has campaigned for civil and political rights, women's rights and the rights of the Shi'a minority. In 2012, she, along with other prominent Saudi Arabian activists Samar Badawi and Manal al-Sharif, filed a lawsuit against the Saudi Arabian government for the right of women to drive.

On July 30th, 2018, Sadah and Badawi were arrested by Saudi authorities in a government crackdown on "activists, clerics and journalists", including many of those involved in the Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign. In June 2021, Sadah and Badawi were released after serving nearly three years in prison.