Ahmad Al Shamri

Ahmad Al Shamri is an imprisoned Saudi dissident facing the death penalty for alleged apostasy and blasphemy.^[1] He was born in the city of Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia. His case was first brought to the religious authorities in 2014 after he allegedly renounced his Islamic faith on social media.^[2] In 2015 he was sentenced to death upon conviction of apostasy and blasphemy by a local court.^[2] After two appeals his death sentence was upheld, drawing international reactions in both support and opposition to the sentence via the hashtag #مرتد_حفرالباطن.^[3][4]