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Australian on trial for terrorism in Saudi Arabia | |
2013-05-01 | |
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) has confirmed an Australian man is on trial for alleged terrorism-related offences in Saudi Arabia. DFAT says the 25-year-old, named in the media as Shayden Thorne from Perth, was arrested 18 months ago and is being detained in a prison outside Riyadh. His brother, Junaid Muhammed Thorne, 23, is also in the country but is in hiding after being released from prison after two months of detention without being charged. Junaid's cousin, Stephanie Riley, says Shayden was arrested after police found terrorism-related material on a laptop that he had borrowed. Their mother, who did not want to be named, told NITV that Shayden has been tortured during his detention. Both brothers have lived in Saudi Arabia for more than a decade, although they have kept their Australian citizenship. "I want them to clear his name and I want them to send him home," their mother said. "All the evidence they got against him was extracted through torture. They deprived him of sleep; they continually had him under bright lights."
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