Saudi Arabia: Two US citizens detained in latest crackdown, source says
Saudi Arabia detained six activists, including two US citizens, on Thursday, a source told CNN, in the kingdom's first sweep of arrests targeting dissidents since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year.
Salah al-Haidar, a dual Saudi-US citizen who is the son of prominent women's rights defender Aziza al-Yousef, was one of those arrested, according to a Saudi academic in a US university who has strong relations with the Saudi dissident community. Yousef was temporarily freed from a prison in Riyadh last month and is on trial along with 10 other women's rights defenders.
Haidar is a writer and journalist on social issues. His father owns a home in Vienna, Virginia, according to the source, who asked not to be named out of concerns for his safety.
Another Saudi-US dual citizen, the writer and physician Bader al-Ibrahim, was also arrested in the crackdown, the academic said.
The source said he spoke to other dissidents who reported the arrest of another four activists on Thursday night. The UK-based Saudi rights group Alqst reported that seven activists had been arrested.
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