Saudi family in Canada breaks silence as children seized in Riyadh

Sarah Aljabri, and her father Saad Aljabri, former Saudi security official who immigrated to Canada in 2017 with most members of his family. Ms. Aljabri was arrested in Riyadh in March, 2020.A prominent Saudi family that came to Canada seeking safe haven says it fears that two of its members abroad have been seized as pawns in a “game of thrones” playing out in Saudi Arabia.

Omar Aljabri, son of former Saudi security official Saad Aljabri, was arrested in Riyadh in March, 2020.“At the core of this whole story is a couple of innocent kids who should be with us here in Toronto,” Dr. Aljabri said in an interview with The Globe and Mail, the first he has given in Canada. “We don’t even know if they are dead or alive. … Are they well? Have they been tortured?”

Saad Aljabri rose in the Saudi security bureaucracy as a key adviser to Mohammed bin Nayef, a high-ranking royal. The two modernized the Ministry of the Interior, while using it to cultivate relationships with U.S. and Canadian intelligence agencies. In 2015 Saad Aljabri became a Saudi cabinet minister under his patron, Mohammed bin Nayef, who became Crown Prince. But two years later, their fortunes plummeted when the the king appointed his son to that role. As heir to the throne, MBS placed his predecessor under house arrest.

Saudi Arabia has long signalled it wants its former security chief back home. At first the demands came in the form of polite overtures from visiting acquaintances or job offer messages from MBS himself.But Dr. Aljabri says the kingdom later filed extradition requests for his father that went nowhere. The family dreads the prospect of Saudi agents coming to Canada target them. “There have been genuine concerns about attempts to induce harm,” Dr. Aljabri said, without going into details.

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