She went on to serve over 20 yrs in the US armed forces, rising to the rank of Colonel in the Air Force and Captain in the Navy (the 1st Hispanic female to reach the rank), and becoming Chief of Orthopedics at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Her unshakable spirit will be deeply missed.

For example, in 1957, she represented the Puerto Rican health department in Helsinki for AISS’s congress on health as a human right. And in 1967, she volunteered in a civilian hospital in Vietnam in opposition to the war, leaving only upon evacuation due to the Tet Offensive.

Born and raised in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, she attended medical school and became an orthopedic surgeon at a time when this path for women was unheard of. As a doctor, her career was marked by service in various forms.

Nor should it lessen attention to the case of his brother, Muhammad Al Ghamdi, who was initially sentenced to death for the same - for tweeting & exercising his right to free expression - and who remains in (what the #WGAD found to be) arbitrary detention.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

While his release comes with great relief, it does not remedy the harm suffered in detention for exercising his right to free expression.
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

The violation of Abdul Rahman’s rights indicate his detention in the UAE is arbitrary under intl law and therefore unsustainable. His risk of torture & enforced disappearance must be closely monitored and prevented. His rights must be respected & his safety ensured.
youtu.be/AQM0oz0T5fk?...

Despite all this, and many other efforts, Lebanon still sent Abdul Rahman to the UAE, & before an appeal filed by his Lebanese lawyer could be considered. It puts Lebanon squarely in violation of its obligations under intl law & undermines the rule of law.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egyptia...

A letter w/ 500+ signatories condemned steps to extradite, saying such “action represents a grave and alarming example of transnational repression, a systematic practice used to silence dissenting voices and human rights defenders beyond national borders.”
menarights.org/en/articles/...

Lebanese civil society played a pivotal role. For example, the Cesar Centre of Legal Studies which highlighted the “politically motivated” underlying bases of Egypt and the UAE’s extradition requests & intl and Lebanese protections which should have been applied.
ccls-lebanon.org/arrest-and-r...