{"id":1902517,"date":"2023-03-21T19:42:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T23:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-arabia-releases-dual-saudi-us-national-jailed-for-critical-tweets\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T19:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T23:45:45","slug":"saudi-arabia-releases-dual-saudi-us-national-jailed-for-critical-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-arabia-releases-dual-saudi-us-national-jailed-for-critical-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia releases dual Saudi-US national jailed for critical tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsaudi-arabia-releases-dual-saudi-us-national-jailed-for-critical-tweets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79411726\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Taiwan president to visit US, Biden administration tells China not to overreact\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"As Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen plans to visit Guatemala and Belize and stop in the United States along the way, the Biden administration is reminding China that Tsai's stops in New York and California are unofficial, merely stopovers, and in line with recent precedent. 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The visit is being billed as a \" democratic partnership for common prosperity journey.><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M5S\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-21 15:14:25\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1266539_th_1679411711.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1266539.mp4\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\tvar _bp=_bp||[];\n\t\t\t\t_bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79411726\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1266539\"} });\n\t\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> has released Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a dual Saudi-US citizen, who was imprisoned for over a year for tweeting criticisms of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while residing in the US.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tAlmadi, aged 72, was arrested while visiting family in Saudi Arabia in 2021 for his tweets, which he made over the course of seven years while living in Florida. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison and also given a 16-year travel ban, which was to take effect after his imprisonment. It is unclear whether the ban will be lifted to allow him to return to Florida. While all charges against him have been dropped, he is currently in Saudi Arabia with his son.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tAlmadi&#8217;s son, Ibrahim Asaid, said that &#8220;He considers the United States home, not Saudi\u201d and that his father needs immediate medical attention in the US. \u201cFor that [reason], the travel ban is quite concerning to us,\u201d Asaid told NBC News.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tAlmadi&#8217;s tweets were critical of the Crown Prince and included a remark on Khashoggi\u2019s killing. Diplomatic ties between the US and Saudi Arabia have been strained since the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, who was a known critic of the Saudi government. However, President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia last summer to strengthen the relationship.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tThe Freedom Initiative, a US-based human rights organization, welcomed Almadi&#8217;s release and urges US officials to continue to press for the release of prisoners and the lifting of travel bans. According to the organization, there are still at least six US citizens detained or trapped under politically motivated travel bans in Saudi Arabia.\n\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"706\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"706\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">In this photo provided by Ibrahim Almadi, Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in an unidentified place, in the United States, on August 2021.<\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">Ibrahim Almadi\/AP<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8216;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/saudi-arabia-releases-jailed-dual-us-citizen\">&#8220;Saudi Arabia releases dual Saudi-US national jailed for critical tweets&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia released a dual Saudi-U.S. citizen on Tuesday. He was held in prison for more than a year for tweeting things critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while living in the United States. 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