On 06 August 2018, after 32 months, the first hearing of Al-Ghomgham’s trial started before the Specialised Criminal Court. During the first session of her trial, the Public Prosecution presented a list of eight main charges against Al-Ghomgham, including allegedly: “joining a terrorist entity aimed at creating chaos and unrest within the Kingdom,” “participating in marches and gatherings in the province of Al-Qatif and encouraging young people to go to those marches and gatherings in addition to photographing, documenting and publishing these gatherings through social networks sites,” “participating in the funeral of victims of security clashes with protesters,” “preparing, sending and storing material that would harm the public order and punishable under Article 6 of the Cybercrime Act of 2008,” “creating an account on social networking sites and using it to encourage rallies to riot and incite young people against the state and security forces in addition to publishing pictures and video clips of these rallies and marches about a number of victims of security clashes,” and “creating a channel on YouTube for the publication of video clips of victims of security clashes.” In that hearing, the Public Prosecutor originally called for Al-Ghomgham’s execution by beheading, making her potentially the first woman to be executed for her activism in Saudi Arabia. On 31 January 2019, in response to international pressure, the Saudi authorities announced that Al Ghomgham would not face the death penalty. On 10 February 2021, Al-Ghomgam was sentenced to eight years in prison, followed by another eight years of travel ban by the Saudi Specialised Criminal Court. In October 2022, it was reported that the Court of Appeal increased her sentence from 8 to 13 years.

Al-Ghomgham was released in August 2026.

The photo above is from when she was a child and is the only known photo of her.