The family of the detained Saudi activist, Loujain Al-Hathloul, announced that their daughter was on hunger strike in one of the kingdom's prisons.
Her sister, Lina, said that Loujain was on her sixth day of the hunger strike to protest against her being prevented from calling her family, and that her health was deteriorating during her hunger strike, without further details.
In early June, the "Prisoners of Conscience" account - concerned with following up on human rights conditions in Saudi Arabia - demanded the immediate disclosure of the status of Al-Hathloul, who has been detained for more than two years in prison.
On Twitter, the opposition group said at the time that she was not allowed to contact her family, and visits to her have been prevented since mid-March.
On May 15, 2018, the Saudi authorities arrested a number of prominent human rights activists, most notably Al-Hathloul, Samar Badawi, Nassima Al-Sada, Nouf Abdel Aziz, and Maya Al-Zahrani.
Human rights reports at the time attributed the reasons for the arrest to their defense of women's rights, in exchange for official accusations, including compromising the country's security.