Fawza Falih Muhammad Ali (Arabic: فوزة فالح محمد علي) was a Saudi woman who made international headlines after she was condemned to death for practicing witchcraft in 2006.
[2] In a letter dated February 13, 2008, Christoph Wilcke, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, exhorted King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to halt her execution.
[3] On February 21, 2008 an online petition was posted by an interfaith assembly of religious leaders from numerous faith traditions, calling for a halt of the execution of Fawza Falih.
In September the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) reported that Fawza Falih was in "very bad health and is unable to stand up in her prison cell".
[4] The IHRC notes Fawza Falih was prevented from a defence at the trial, and that she was sentenced only on the basis of one man's testimony of allegedly causing him impotence.