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Saudis sentence U.S. citizen to 16 years over tweets
The Hindu | 19/10/2022 04:39 PM | Click to read full article
An American citizen has been arrested in Saudi Arabia, tortured and sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets he sent while in the United States, his son said Tuesday.
Saad Ibrahim Almadi a 72-year-old retired project manager living in Florida was arrested last November while visiting family in the kingdom and was sentenced earlier this month, his son Ibrahim told.
