fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoSaudi Arabia releases US retiree jailed over critical tweets
Two years later, the charges were reduced to so-called cyber crimes and he was sentenced to a 30-year ban on leaving Saudi Arabia. The announcement that Almadi, a dual citizen and retired engineer who had lived in the US since the 1970s, would be free to leave the country came after the US president delivered a speech touting US-Saudi ties, including arms sales and investment deals, during a second day of public events in Washington.
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