Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The son of the Saudi detainee in America, Humaidan Al-Turki, revealed new developments in his father’s case following holding a new session in which Al-Turki demanded his “conditional release” as if he was “defending his life”, in a case in which he was accused of assault. sexually on his housekeeper.
Turki Humaidan al-Turki said on his official page on Twitter: “My father Humaidan al-Turki’s session ended a while ago, led by a representative of the parole committee, which we were allowed to attend visually, and Mrs. Amani al-Ruwais, representing the Kingdom’s embassy in Washington, attended to support the parole request.”
A short while ago, my father’s session, #Humaydan_Al-Turki, was led by the representative of the parole committee, which we were allowed to attend in a video, and Mrs. Amani Al-Ruwais, representing the Kingdom’s embassy in Washington, attended to support the parole request @SaudiEmbassyUSA
The son of the Saudi detainee continued, “The session began with the opportunity for Humaidan al-Turki’s parents to request his release, and to convince the representative of the parole committee, in which my father spoke regarding his positive impact inside and outside the prison, and referred to the prison administration’s praise for his being an exemplary prisoner.”
Al-Turki added: “This time, my father spoke of his burning as if he was fighting for his life. He talked regarding completing three times his sentence, and that every year in which he is rejected, his children are deprived of their father’s presence in the most important stages of their lives. in his cell.
The son of the Saudi detainee continued: “At the conclusion of the session, the representative of the committee stated that the regular tools available to him prevented him from accepting the release request, and the intervention of the Kingdom’s embassy and its support for the request for conditional release had a positive effect in postponing the issuance of the decision to study the release request with the rest of the committee members and refer to a decision.”
Al-Turki concluded by saying: “The representative of the parole committee stated that regardless of the committee’s outcome, my father’s moral history during the 16 years he spent in prison, and its positive impact on his fellow prisoners and his children, must be praised, as he expressed his fascination with the superior support that my father receives from His children, the Kingdom’s embassy, and his community,” he said.
It is reported that Al-Turki was arrested in 2006, on charges of harassing his maid, abusing her and not paying her wages, and despite his denial of the charges once morest him and considering them a “conspiracy”, the American judiciary rejected several appeals to acquit him of the charges, while he said that he refused to betray his country, so this was fabricated. The charges were once morest him and he chose to bear them, according to a video clip posted by his son.
