She ran as a candidate in the 2015 Saudi Arabian municipal elections but was disqualified.[2][4] Sadah and another prominent activist, Samar Badawi, were arrested on July 30, 2018 [3] were arrested by Saudi authorities in a broader "government crackdown" on "activists, clerics and journalists."[1] Al Sada was placed in solitary confinement in early February 2019 in al-Mabahith Prison in Dammam.[5]