In July 2012, Amnesty International protested in the United Nations Human Rights Council against legal persecution of Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) leaders.[133] Ten female activists were detained in a Buraidah 14 July protest[88][89] calling for political prisoners[86] to be freed. Similar protests calling for prisoners to be freed and protesting against the Saudi government occurred in Buraidah on 23 July and in front of the Ministry of Interior in Riyadh on 25 July,[90][91] in Riyadh and Mecca on 28 July,[92] in Ta'if.[93] in Buraidah,[94] near al-Ha'ir Prison[95][96][97] and in Dammam[134] in August.