The "Prisoners of Conscience" account on Twitter has increased the number of confirmed detainees within the recent campaign - which activists called "New_Articles_Saudi_Prisonments" - to nine people, indicating that verification is still ongoing regarding the detainees' names.

The same account reported on March 31 that the Saudi authorities launched a campaign of arrests, taking advantage of the preoccupation of local and international public opinion with the crisis of the outbreak of the emerging Corona Virus (Covid 19).

The "Prisoners of Conscience" account said the campaign included a large number of activists, including media professionals.

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In a previous bulletin to Al-Jazeera, Saudi human rights activist Yahya Asiri said that the Saudi authorities do not want to hear any dissenting opinion, adding that they are chasing all people, even those who were with them one day.

Earlier, the aforementioned account revealed that the arrests included media activist Mohammed Al-Jedaie, doctoral student Majed Al-Ghamdi and well-known media activist Mansour Al-Rugaiba and others.

The official media in the Kingdom did not provide any news about these arrests or the reasons for their implementation.

A few days ago, the "Prisoners of Conscience" account indicated that an account affiliated with the Royal Court published a tweet two weeks ago, in which it alluded to new arrests in Saudi Arabia based on old Snapchat tweets and recordings, which is what happened.

The "detainees of opinion" account denounced the Saudi authorities taking advantage of the Corona crisis to launch new arrests, and demanded the cessation of what it described as a human rights farce, and the immediate release of all detainees and other detainees of opinion.

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By April 2020, nearly a year has passed since the arrest of several activists and journalists in Saudi Arabia, including Abdullah al-Shehri, Reza al-Bouri, Ali al-Saffarah and Fahd Aba al-Khail.

Since November 2017, the Kingdom has witnessed waves of arrests that initially included dozens of princes, senior officials, current and former ministers, officials and businessmen, and they were detained at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh on the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Later, the Saudi authorities expanded the pursuit campaign, and ordered new arrests that included preachers, scholars, politicians and symbols in the financial and business world in the Kingdom, and the campaign extended to include more of the crown prince's cousins ​​and their children and families.