‘Infuriating’ exclusions made just weeks before Joe Biden’s Saudi visit and expected rapprochement with the crown price
Some family members said they were angry about what they believed was a political decision to shift focus away from their own families’ plights because of Biden’s coming trip.
Another person said they felt their family’s plight was simply no longer a priority for the Biden White House. “The review assesses the facts of the case against enumerated criteria, without regard to political factors such as the US relationship with the country of detention,” the state department official said. “We also continue to advocate for the immediate lifting of coercive travel restrictions for US nationals. We take our responsibility to assist all US nationals seriously, and we press for fair and transparent treatment in all cases.
The news came as rights advocates pointed to separate comments by Michael Alan Ratney, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and recently said in congressional testimony that Saudi had made “a bit of progress” on “freedom of expression, the rights of women, judicial transparency”.
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