41-year-old British Financial institution of America analyst, Ahmed al-Doush, was arrested at King Khalid airport in Riyadh on August 31, 2024, whereas on vacation along with his three youngsters and his pregnant spouse.
In response to The Occasions, he has spent 9 months in a most safety jail below Saudi Arabia’s strict anti-terrorism legal guidelines.
Allegedly, he spent 33 days of this in solitary confinement.
Haydee Dijkstal, al-Doush’s worldwide counsel, posted in regards to the case on X, writing, “The precise tweet is unknown. His trial and detention concerned honest trial and due course of violations.
“The knowledge recognized signifies that the fees in opposition to him, the proceedings and his therapy are opposite to worldwide legislation and human rights requirements.”
She added that the U.Okay. authorities “ought to stand firmly in opposition to a British nationwide’s imprisonment for allegedly exercising his free speech rights.”
Ahmed al-Doush was allegedly positioned in jail over a now-deleted tweet on his X account — the place he solely had 37 followers — that Saudi Arabia’s authorities deemed a nationwide safety risk.
Additionally they claimed he had contact with a Saudi critic in exile.
The Mirror experiences that al-Doush’s household believes the fees that led to jail time could also be over a 2018 tweet he made in regards to the political state of affairs in Sudan, with no point out of Saudi Arabia, which he later deleted.
Dijkstal has reached out to the International Workplace in an try and be taught extra about her consumer’s conviction.
“We’re supporting a British man who’s detained in Saudi Arabia and are involved along with his household and native authorities,” a spokesperson for the International Workplace in London stated in a press release.
Amaher Nour, al-Doush’s spouse, stated her husband, who missed the beginning of his fourth little one, is scuffling with pre-existing well being situations. He’s additionally experiencing psychological misery.
“I not often communicate to my husband however within the few snatched conversations we’ve got managed, it’s clear Ahmed is struggling. He has thyroid issues, again ache and is suffering from psychological misery.” she stated.
“He worries about his household, notably as he was the only breadwinner.”
Nour added: “He missed the beginning of our fourth little one and our ten-year marriage ceremony anniversary. What number of extra household milestones will he must miss earlier than the [Foreign Office] sit up and take motion?”
Jeed Basyouni, head of the Center East and North Africa loss of life penalty mission Reprieve, instructed The Occasions, “When a British nationwide is convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail, and neither his household nor his lawyer nor the International Workplace know what crime he has been accused of, one thing has gone very badly incorrect.
“It might be farcical if it wasn’t a tragedy for this household, who’ve been badly let down by the UK authorities.”
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