The Saudi government media office CIC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Sadhan was arrested on March 12, 2018, from the Red Crescent Society offices in the capital Riyadh, where he worked. Rights group say he was seized after his anonymous Twitter account was breached. "The appeal court issued to keep the initial ruling of the 20 years imprisonment followed by 20 years travel ban," Areej al-Sadhan tweeted on Tuesday. Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has moved to crush dissent while introducing social and economic reforms to modernise the kingdom.

Source: bd News24 October 06, 2021 12:22 UTC