Saudi Arabia: Free Adult Children of Ex-Official

Click to expand Image Sarah al-Jabri and Omar al-Jabri © Private (Beirut) – Saudi authorities have held two adult children of a former official in incommunicado detention since security forces arrested them in March 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. Omar al-Jabri, 21, and Sarah al-Jabri, 20, are children of former intelligence official Saad al-Jabri, who has lived in exile in Canada since 2017. Security forces also detained al-Jabri’s brother in May, Human Rights Watch said.  An informed source told Human Rights Watch that the family believes the detentions are meant to coerce the…

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