Saad Almadi: Saudi Prison Sentence Extended

The Saudi government increased the prison sentence of a U.S. citizen who was jailed in Saudi Arabia over his Twitter activity, the New York Post reported this week.

Saad Almadi was first arrested in fall 2021, when he visited family in Saudi Arabia, over a series of tweets he sent that were critical of the regime. A Saudi counterterrorism court sentenced him in October 2022 to a 16-year prison term with an additional 16-year ban on leaving Saudi Arabia.

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The Saudi government increased the prison sentence of a U.S. citizen who was jailed in Saudi Arabia over his Twitter activity, the New York Post reported this week.

Saad Almadi was first arrested in fall 2021, when he visited family in Saudi Arabia, over a series of tweets he sent that were critical of the regime. A Saudi counterterrorism court sentenced him in October 2022 to a 16-year prison term with an additional 16-year ban on leaving Saudi Arabia.