US-Saudi citizen freed from Saudi prison over critical tweets.

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US-Saudi citizen freed from Saudi prison over critical tweets.
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Saad Almadi, a 72-year-old American citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for over a year due to critical tweets about the Saudi crown prince, has been released and is now with family members in Riyadh. It is unclear whether the travel ban imposed on him will be lifted to allow him to return home to Florida. Almadi's imprisonment had been one of several alleged human rights abuses that had soured relations between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Joe Biden.

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