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June 30, 2020 Twitter has been dragged into the Washington feud pitting Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed against the government of Saudi Arabia and its US agents. Ahmed, the director of the now-dormant Institute for Gulf Affairs in…

Didi Rankovic July 1, 2020 Twitter is being sued for allegedly conspiring with Saudi authorities by blocking accounts of its critics, a law firm handling the case on behalf of the plaintiff has announced. Ali al-Ahmed, director of…

Brigette Honaker July 1, 2020 A Saudi Arabian journalist recently hit Twitter with a lawsuit claiming the social media platform ignores Saudi Arabia’s suppression of dissenters. Plaintiff Ali Al-Ahmed is an activist, journalist and…

John O'Brien July 8, 2020 NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A political refugee is suing Twitter over its relationship with Saudi Arabia, his home country. Ali Al-Ahmed filed a lawsuit June 29 in New York federal court that claims Saudi…

July 7 2020 Twitter has been sued for conspiring with the government of Saudi Arabia to shut down accounts of political opposition figures. The press release is below. WASHINGTON, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –A blockbuster lawsuit has…

By: Ali Al-Ahmed December 10, 2020 On Jan. 20, the Biden administration will inherit a relationship with Saudi Arabia that is as troubled as it has ever been, and it will likely be up to Antony Blinken, the president-elect’s pick for…

Law360 (June 29, 2020, 10:46 PM EDT) -- Prominent Saudi Arabian political dissident Ali Al-Ahmed hit Twitter Inc. with a lawsuit on Monday, accusing the social media giant of enabling and turning a "blind eye" to Saudi Arabia's…

KIMBERLY DOZIER DECEMBER 15, 2020 9:00 AM EST Students in Saudi Arabia, like so many around the world, have traded in-person classrooms for logging onto an app during the COVID-19 pandemic. But they’re also experiencing other major…

Jackie Northam October 8, 20207:56 AM ET Saad Aljabri knows a lot of secrets. The former senior intelligence official in Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry was a valued partner of the U.S. government, a man who had access to troves of…

Ryan GallagherAugust 19, 2020, 12:00 AM EDTAn internal breach at Twitter Inc. a half decade ago yielded data that was later used by Saudi Arabia to harass or arrest people critical of the government, according to lawsuits, human rights…