Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets

Saudi Arabia releases American imprisoned for tweets on crown prince, but travel ban remains

Advocates are urging U.S. officials to press Saudi Arabia to let Saad Ibrahim Almadi return to Florida.

Saudi Arabia Releases US National Almadi From Prison, Says Son

RIYADH—Saudi authorities released on Tuesday a U.S. citizen jailed for 19 years for posting criticism of the government on Twitter but he remains banned from travelling, his son said, as the kingdom moves to ease tension with the United States. Saad Ibrahim Almadi, 72, was jailed for 16 years by a criminal court in 2022 and an appeals court increased his sentence to 19 years last month. His son, Ibrahim, told Reuters his father was at his home i…

Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets

A 72-year-old American imprisoned more than a year in Saudi Arabia over tweets critical of the Saudi crown prince is back with family members in Riyadh, but it remains unclear whether the kingdom will drop a travel ban to allow him to return home to Florida.Saudi Arabia on Monday freed Saad Almadi, a dual US-Saudi citizen who had been a retiree living in Florida until Saudis detained him when he arrived for a 2021 family visit to the kingdom.Sau…

Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets

Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, his son said.

Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets

Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom’s crown prince, his son said.

Saudi Arabia frees US citizen imprisoned over critical tweets

Saudi Arabia has freed a dual US-Saudi national it had imprisoned for tweets critical of Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, his last tweet confirmed Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The State ...