US President Joe Biden had raised the cases of US citizens covered by a travel ban in Saudi Arabia, including Saad Ibrahim Almadi, during meetings with King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in July 2022.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi authorities released on Tuesday, March 21, a US citizen jailed for 19 years for posting criticism of the government on Twitter but he remains banned from traveling, his son said, as the kingdom moves to ease tension with the United States.
Almadi, a dual US-Saudi national who had been living in retirement in Florida, was arrested after landing in Riyadh in November 2021 on several charges, including funding terrorism and working to destabilize the kingdom. In October, Biden vowed there would be consequences for Riyadh after the OPEC+ oil alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and which includes Russia, decided to cut output targets.The kingdom, the world’s biggest oil exporter, has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into a drive to transform and open its economy and reduce its dependence on crude.
Two Saudi women were sentenced to 45 and 35 years last year on charges that included “using the internet to tear the social fabric.”
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