British family speaks out over nine-year ordeal after husband is abducted by Saudi Arabia
Mira Lozi says quiet diplomacy has failed to free Rami Naimi who was first seized in Dubai in 2017
TL;DR
- Mira Lozi has spoken out about her husband Rami Naimi's alleged abduction, torture, and coercion by Saudi authorities since 2017.
- Naimi, son of former Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi, was first abducted in Dubai in 2017, tortured, and released the following year.
- He was detained again in 2022, held for two years, and sentenced to six years imprisonment after a secret trial.
- Family claims Naimi was subjected to abduction, disappearance, torture, electrocution, waterboarding, and psychological abuse.
- Naimi faces a second trial for allegedly following critical X accounts and attempting to leave the country without permission, which he denies.
- Lozi stated that quiet diplomacy has failed and that her family has lived through a nightmare for nine years.
- Naimi was allegedly forced to sign a settlement agreement and pledge a large sum of money, placed under electronic surveillance, and banned from leaving the kingdom.
- Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC is leading the case, advocating for government support for the family.