{"id":27444,"date":"2025-05-13T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27444"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:18:07","slug":"british-man-with-37-followers-jailed-for-10-years-over-single-deleted-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27444","title":{"rendered":"British man with 37 followers jailed for 10 years over single deleted tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ahmed Al-Doush, a British national, has been put behind Saudi Arabian bars for 10 years over a social media post.<\/p>\n

Initially arrested at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on 31 August 2024, this dad-of-four was on his way back home from a family holiday when security officers took him aside in front of his pregnant wife, Amaher Nour.<\/p>\n

It took five months for Al-Doush to learn of his criminal charges: using social media platform\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0to spread fake and damaging news to his 37 followers, while engaging in a relationship with an individual threatening national security.<\/p>\n

His family believe these accusations may refer to a 2018 tweet he published regarding Sudan, which he subsequently deleted, and a supposed connection to an outspoken critic of\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/a>\u00a0who he has no relationship with beyond knowing his son.<\/p>\n

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A since-deleted tweet caused one British’s man foreign imprisonment (Jaap Arriens\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The Mirror\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Nour was informed of her husband’s decade-long sentence straight after yesterday’s (May 12) court hearing, although the lawyer could not reveal what his\u00a0offence\u00a0<\/a>was.<\/p>\n

Responding to the verdict, Amnesty International UK’s chief executive Sacha Deshmukh said in a statement: “We strongly condemn this sentence and reiterate our urgent call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Ahmed Al-Doush, if he is being held solely for peacefully exercising his human rights. He must be allowed to return to his family in the UK without delay.<\/p>\n

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“In the meantime, Saudi authorities must uphold his fair trial rights, promptly share his court documents with him and guarantee regular access to both his family and legal counsel.<\/p>\n

“We also urge the\u00a0UK<\/a>\u00a0government to take all necessary steps to secure his immediate and unconditional release. The arbitrary detention of another British national abroad cannot be tolerated. Immediate and decisive action is essential.”<\/p>\n

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Ahmed Al-Doush controversially faces a 10-year stretch in Saudi Arabia (Getty Stock Image\/Darrin Klimek)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Since his detainment, Amnesty claimed that Al-Doush faced ‘multiple violations’ of his fair trial rights, including being subjected to interrogations without a lawyer in the room.<\/p>\n

For two months he wasn’t allowed to contact his loved ones, who were given no details at all of his condition or the reasoning behind his arrest.<\/p>\n

Things have improved slightly, with Al-Doush enjoying one phone call per week.<\/p>\n

His wife recalled: “The authorities asked for his documents and we thought it was just a problem with his visa. He called me from security and told me to fly with the children on to Turkey, our transit stop, and said, ‘I’ll be with you shortly.’<\/p>\n

“The night times are the hardest for me when I’m alone and it’s quiet. I keep asking myself why, why, why has this happened, and I can’t get to the bottom of it because it’s not rational in any way. He has no political associations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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