Global Voices follows up on the aftermath of a protest held on the National Day by the families of terrorism suspects in the central region of Qassim. Authorities have arrested at least 19 protesters, many of them college students, and they have been sentenced to jail and lashes. One of the them was charged with “supporting the protesters by bringing food.” This confirms earlier reports by protesters and activists who said that security forces, after surrounding the protesters, kept them without food or water for nearly a day in the desert area outside the prison where the protest took place.