Saudi Arabia secretly sentenced a Saudi fitness instructor and women’s rights activist to 11 years in prison, Amnesty International revealed in a statement on Tuesday. Twenty-nine-year-old Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced in a secret hearing before the country’s notorious counter-terrorism court, the Specialized Criminal Court, on 9 January 2024, the rights group said, adding that the decision only came to light “weeks later” after UN special rapporteurs requested information about her case. Otaibi, who is also a blogger, was arrested in November 2022 and disappeared. In a joint statement, Amne…