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U.S. Citizen Detained And Tortured In Saudi Arabia: Report
HuffPost Amy Russo,HuffPost 3 hours ago
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/u-citizen-detained-tortured-saudi-172742291.html
An American citizen has been detained and tortured in Saudi Arabia, according to The New York Times.
The outlet reported Saturday that Walid Fitaihi, a doctor with citizenship in both Saudi Arabia and the U.S., has been held since November 2017, when he was apprehended along with roughly 200 other individuals in a so-called corruption crackdown. There has been no trial for Fitaihi, let alone any public charges against him.
A friend of the physician told the Times that Fitaihi had suffered an approximately hourlong torture session during which he was hit, blindfolded, stripped, bound and shocked with electricity.
Reacting to the news, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) tweeted Saturday evening that he is “deeply troubled,” demanding Fitaihi’s release and recalling the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.
The White House has made no statement on the matter of Fitaihi’s alleged captivity.
Last week, Reuters reported that President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner traveled to Saudi Arabia for a Tuesday meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss peace in the Middle East. A White House statement to Reuters on the conversation made no reference to Khashoggi, despite conclusions by U.S. intelligence that his killing was likely carried out at the behest of MBS himself.
Two days after Kushner’s meeting, Trump, who was in Hanoi, Vietnam, for summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, gave remarks doubting the dictator’s role in the death of American college student Otto Warmbier, again signaling his friendliness to despots like MBS.
Warmbier had been imprisoned by Kim’s regime for months, subsequently being transported home in a vegetative state with severe head injuries and dying in 2017.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/famous-saudi-doctor-moved-high-security-jail-source-says
Famous Saudi doctor moved to high-security jail, source says
Walid Fitaihi was transferred to a maximum security prison after being held in the Ritz-Carlton for three months following a sweeping crackdown
By Nadine Dahan
Published date: 1 February 2018 09:35 UTC | Last update: 1 year 1 month ago
A popular Saudi reformist and TV presenter arrested last year in a sweeping corruption probe has been sent to a maximum security prison while his many of his co-accused are granted their freedom, local sources say.
Walid Fitaihi, best-known for the television show Mahyay, was moved from Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, which was being used to hold many of the high-profile prisoners detained in the round-up, to al-Hair prison south of the capital, according to Saudi activists.
Fitaihi, a doctor who graduated from George Washington University, was first placed on a no-fly list in October before he was detained at the hotel in November, according to activist-led Twitter account Prisoners of Conscience.
By Nadine Dahan
Published date: 1 February 2018 09:35 UTC | Last update: 1 year 1 month ago
A popular Saudi reformist and TV presenter arrested last year in a sweeping corruption probe has been sent to a maximum security prison while his many of his co-accused are granted their freedom, local sources say.
Walid Fitaihi, best-known for the television show Mahyay, was moved from Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, which was being used to hold many of the high-profile prisoners detained in the round-up, to al-Hair prison south of the capital, according to Saudi activists.
Fitaihi, a doctor who graduated from George Washington University, was first placed on a no-fly list in October before he was detained at the hotel in November, according to activist-led Twitter account Prisoners of Conscience.
The luxury hotel had been used as an interrogation centre, with some detainees being tortured for information on their bank accounts and assets, Middle East Eye has reported.
Fitaihi was among dozens of princes, scholars and businessmen rounded up in the sweeping purge, which the kingdom has painted as a necessary step towards realising economic reforms. Many of those detained were released in recent days.
"There are no longer any detainees left at the Ritz-Carlton," an official told Reuters on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity under briefing rules.
The state news agency, SPA, quoting the attorney general, later said that 56 remain in detention at other locations in Saudi Arabia.
Fitaihi's popular TV show Mahyay is dedicated to conversations around keeping the mind, body and soul healthy. He is also known for his reformist activism and has two million Twitter followers.
Fitaihi also founded and is the CEO of the International Medical Centre (IMC), a hospital in Jeddah. The Fitaihi family is also known for several businesses in the silver and gold trade.
Social media users reacted strongly to the news of Fitaihi's continued detention. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi wrote on Twitter: "What has happened to us? How can someone like Dr Walid Fitahi be arrested and what are the justifications for it?
"Of course everyone is in a state of confusion and helplessness, there is no one you can go to, no public prosecutor has questioned. God help us."
Under the auspices of an anti-corruption committee, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, prominent Saudi princes and businessmen were detained and held in the lavish hotel in Riyadh in November.
Among those held were Prince Mitaib bin Abdullah, previous head of the Saudi Arabian National Guard, billionaire tycoon al-Waleed bin Talal, who has now been released, Abdullah al-Sultan, commander of the Saudi navy, and Khalid al-Mulheim, the former director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines.
Prisoners of Conscie
‏ @m3takl_en
11h11 hours ago
đź”´Breaking news:
We confirm that Dr. Walid Fitaihi was admitted to the hospital of Dhahban Prison because of a deterioration in his health and psychological condition as a result of torture and humiliation. He was forced there to use some powerful sedative drugs!!
Prisoners of Conscie
‏ @m3takl_en
11h11 hours ago
đź”´ Breaking news 2:
We confirm also that an armed force broke into the house of Dr. Walid Fataihi a few days ago claiming to be searching for a weapon, and all the residents of the house were terrorized by pointing weapons while searching and causing chaos in the house.