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The Biden administration in Washington has basically told Saudi Arabia that freedom of expression should never be criminalised. Commenting on US citizen Saad Ibrahim Al-Madi, 72, being sentenced to 16...
A 72-year-old American citizen, identified as Saad Ibrahim Almadi has been given a 16-year prison term by the Saudi Arabian government over tweets he wrote while in the US, some of which were critical of the Saudi leadership. According to The Washington Post, Almadi’s son claimed that the Saudi government tortured his father while he was imprisoned and alleged that the State Department handled the situation improperly.
Axios (Shawna Chen) reports, as does an opinion piece in the Washington Post (Josh Rogin) (paywalled). From the Post: [L]ast...
Hundreds of veterans have taken lucrative foreign jobs that U.S. officials approved — but fought to keep secret.
Richard Falk suspected that the foreign policy establishment in Washington is inhibited by the fear that Saudi Arabia might become tempted to shift its alignment in a direction more in line with China and Russia.