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"The Saudi government, led by crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, doesn’t care to
be criticized. It routinely punishes its own citizens for insulting the
nation’s ruler. It occasionally murders and dismembers critics for refusing to
be silenced. And now it’s prosecuting and imprisoning US citizens for
exercising their First Amendment rights.
Last month, the Saudi government charged an American citizen currently residing
in Saudi Arabia for “disrupting the public order” with social media posts
criticizing the government’s handling of domestic matters like divorce and
child custody. The US citizen, Carly Morris, was lured back to Saudi Arabia by
her ex-husband, a Saudi citizen. Once there, her ex-husband basically kidnapped
their daughter, converted her US citizenship to Saudi citizenship, and cut off
all contact. Morris was free to leave, but she would have to leave her daughter
behind despite a Saudi court granting her full custody. And now she’s possibly
facing more than a decade in prison if the government decides to prosecute her.
What’s only theoretical (at this point) in Carly Morris’s case is the reality
for US citizen Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a project manager who resides in Florida.
Almadi isn’t an anti-Saudi activist. He’s just a regular guy who is
understandably (and correctly) critical of the Saudi government and the crown
prince. He just made the mistake of trying to visit his family in the country
he had criticized a handful of times over the past several years."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
