An Egyptian TikToker living in Saudi Arabia was arrested this week by the capital police in Riyadh, who accused her of making sexually suggestive comments to another woman in a live video.
Saudi Arabian security officials announced the arrest of a person who has five million followers on TikTok. They did not name her in their post, but did include a blurred out picture of her TikTok livestream with a woman. According to Egyptian Streets, a recording of the live video spread widely in Saudi Arabia, prompting fury as well as the #Tala offends society.
The kingdom's Interior Ministry said that the Riyadh police arrested a resident who appeared in a broadcast talking to another with sexual content.
Egyptian Streets pointed out that a lot of people celebrated the arrest. The death penalty can be used in Saudi Arabia for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual activity. Saudi Arabia operates with an uncodified criminal code based upon Sharia principles, which is why same-sex sexual activity is not allowed in the country.
In the video, a woman is told to come to her house in Riyadh by a man. According to reports, the TikToker said that no one will hear her scream. The clip had been taken out of context and she claimed that she had been misunderstood, according to the report.
Gizmodo reached out to TikTok, but they didn't reply by the time they were published.
It is not clear if she will be able to fight the allegations in court. There is evidence that the laws criminalizing lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer activity have been enforced. The organization found that it is difficult to give accurate estimates on the number of arrests, prosecutions, and executions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people in Saudi Arabia.
There was an arrest and deportation of a Yemen blogger in 2020 for promoting homosexuality online. A video advocating for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people was posted on the website. Police arrested young men who they claimed appeared in a gay wedding scene on video, but it is not known if they were prosecuted.
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