U.S.-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia over a year after he was detained for posting tweets critical of the kingdom's rulers.
on Wednesday, but declined to comment on the travel ban, saying "each country is going to have its own sovereign laws and each case is different."he's "relieved" Almadi has been released, but added that "he should have never spent a day behind bars for innocuous tweets."
He urged U.S. officials to press for the lifting of travel bans and the release of other prisoners in Saudi Arabia. The detained man's son, Ibrahim Almadi, issued a statement following his father's release saying he hoped they could be reunited in Florida soon.
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Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweetsA 72-year-old American imprisoned more than a year in Saudi Arabia over tweets critical of the Saudi crown prince was back with family members in Riyadh on Tuesday, but it wasn't clear whether the kingdom will drop a travel ban to allow him to return home to Florida. Neither Saudi nor U.S. officials by early Tuesday had spoken publicly after Saudi Arabia on Monday released Saad Almadi, a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen and, until his arrest, a retiree living in Florida. Almadi is now at home with family members who live in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, said his son, Ibrahim Almadi.
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