Join our call for Omar and Sarah Aljabri to be freed. Innocent of wrongdoing, they are held hostage by Saudi authorities in an effort to blackmail their father.
Sarah and Omar’s father, Dr. Saad Aljabri, tells
@60Minutes
that he left his kids a message should he be killed — “I’m sorry. I tried my best.”
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#مقابلة_سعد_الجبري
Happy Birthday, Sarah! We'll keep fighting every day for you and Omar's release.
On Saudi Crown Prince MBS' orders, Sarah Aljabri will spend her 21st birthday as a hostage behind bars.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
Today, we dedicate
#InternationalWomensDay
to Sarah!
Travel ban at 17, then kidnapped & taken hostage at 20 years old by Saudi Crown Prince MBS.
Saturday was her 21st birthday. Instead of spending it with her family & friends, she spent it in prison.
#SaveSarahAndOmar
#SOS
"On his first day as crown prince [MBS] took my siblings, who were 17 and 18, as hostages. And when my father pleaded with him to release them... MBS blackmailed my dad."
Children should not be used as bargaining chips against their parents
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
I joined
@celiahatton
on
@BBCWorld
to talk about MBS’s documented role in the ongoing hostage situation of my siblings
@saveomarnsarah
, and counter
@AdelAljubeir
’s whataboutism and logical fallacies on Khashoggi’s assassination and other egregious human rights violations.
It's been 365 days since 50 Saudi officers kidnapped Omar & Sarah from their family home.
1 year on, Omar & Sarah remain hostages all at the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Tweet
#SaveOmarAndSarah
to demand their immediate & unconditional release!
#SOS
EXCLUSIVE 👀
Pictures of Omar & Sarah's U.S. Student Visas.
Omar and Sarah just wanted to go to school. Now, AT NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, they're Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)'s hostages.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
MBS continues his desperate attempts to distract the world from his grotesque litany of human rights crimes.
This includes taking Sarah and Omar Aljabri hostage and whose whereabouts remain unknown.
Statement on latest development 👇🏽
#SaveSarahAndOmar
Miss these beautiful faces and all the joy they used to bring.
It's been 515 days since Omar & Sarah were taken from our family. 515 days too long. We're counting down the days until we get to see them again. ❤️
Share
#SaveOmarAndSarah
to help call on their immediate release!
Watch
@PressSec
evade Qs re Dr. Saad’s interview w/
@60Minutes
& whether USG owes him anything for helping save American lives & what the US is doing to help secure his unlawfully imprisoned kids’ release.
She punts the question to
@ODNIgov
&
@StateDeptSpox
& ends presser👇🏽
Due to Sarah & Omar's harsh sentence, they've already lost so much of their youth. Sarah was sentenced to 6 years while Omar was sentenced to 9 years.
We haven't given up hope. There's still time to right this wrong & give these young adults their lives back.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
Omar and Sarah should be in the U.S. right now hanging out with friends at a July 4th BBQ, watching fireworks at night.
Instead they're being held against their will in a Saudi prison, unable to see their own family.
#July4
is just another day of solitude.
#SaveOmarandSarah
“Hey, what are we getting mom this year?” That’s how Sarah would always start the sibling group chat for
#MothersDay
.
This year is different.
This
#MothersDay2021
will be different for the Jabri family without Sarah & Omar there to celebrate their mom.
#SaveOmarandSarah
#SOS
🔴 THIS SUNDAY, Turn on your TVs 🔴
Dr. Saad Aljabri, the father of abducted Omar and Sarah talks with
@60Minutes
in hopes of shedding new light on his kids' abduction and unjust imprisonment
You don't want to miss this. Only on CBS!
#SOS
He says Saudi Arabia’s crown prince sent a hit squad to kill him when Jamal Khashoggi was killed. Is he still a target?
Scott Pelley reports, 60 Minutes Sunday.
Imagine being imprisoned—the only offense? You are being used as a means to getting to your father.
No child should ever be used as blackmail. No child should ever be used as a pawn.
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
UPDATE: In a letter to
@SenatorLeahy
, the US
@StateDept
said that it has called on Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 to immediately release Aljabri’s children Sarah and Omar.
#SaveJabris
Watch:
It's been 165 days since Sarah & Omar were taken hostage by 🇸🇦 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). Their whereabouts remain unknown.
Wherever you are Sarah & Omar, we hope you are safe & know that we will continue our efforts to secure your release!
#SaveSarahNOmar
For immediate release.
Former Saudi Intelligence Official Calls for the Release of his Two Kidnapped Children.
Dr. Saad Aljabri to speak publicly for the first time in exclusive CBS News “60 Minutes” interview Sunday.
Read
@60minutes
press release:
As the NBA playoffs kick off we're thinking of Omar, who won't be able to watch his favorite team— the
@celtics
— play this year.
Instead, he's stuck in a Saudi prison. Join us in calling to Free Sarah and Omar
#SOS
#SaveOmarandSarah
As students head back to school after
#LaborDay
weekend, we wanted to share Sarah's passion for school & education.
This is a video of her presenting an architecture project she created. She should be heading back to school this fall, but her situation hasn't changed.
🧵👇
Omar used Snapchat, like every other boy his age. He and Sarah also used Twitter and Instagram, but those were taken down after they were kidnapped.
We miss seeing his name on our phones and opening it up to see a photo like this one
RT
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
“Sarah is an architectural engineering student [
@BISB_School
] who was kidnapped a few days after her 20th birthday. Omar is a 22-year-old computer science student [
@Suffolk_U
].”
@BuzzFeed
1/2
Imagine being kidnapped, held hostage, & separated from your family for YEARS.
Now imagine being saved. Omar & Sarah need our help.
RETWEET
#SOS
&
#SaveOmarAndSarah
As
#graduates
of
#Classof2021
celebrate their achievements, we can't help but think that Omar would have been walking at
@Suffolk_U
's graduation this year.
Share
#SaveOmarAndSarah
to give Omar & his sister Sarah a second chance to pursue their dreams.
Sarah and Omar used to live amazing lives. They had such bright futures ahead of them.
We hope they return to us safely and soundly.
#TBT
#SaveOmarAndSarah
Today marks 400 days since Omar & Sarah were kidnapped.
To better understand Omar & Sarah's story, get to know the man responsible—Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).
RETWEET to help
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
.
@thefreedomi
’s new report on transnational repression cites the case of Sarah & Omar Aljabri, who were taken hostage in 2020 - when they were just 20 and 21 - to silence their father, former Saudi official Saad Aljabri.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
⚠️ Omar and Sarah Aljabri are US students who were barred from travel and kidnapped by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS).
🚨 MBS is holding them hostage to lure their father back to Saudi Arabia.
📣 Raise your voice for them & RETWEET with
#SaveOmarAndSarah
!
After this photo, Omar was taken from his home in the middle of the night. Yesterday was Omar's 24th birthday- the 3rd birthday he's spent unjustly imprisoned.
How many more birthdays do Sarah and Omar have to spend away from their loved ones?
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
During Ramadan,
#iftar
meals are something to look forward to after a day of fasting. Family & good food = the perfect end to a day of fasting.
Omar & Sarah deserve proper iftars with family, not prison food.
RETWEET
#SOS
to help
#SaveOmarAndSarah
.
As we mark the 2nd anniversary of Khashoggi’s assassination, we are reminded of Mohammed bin Salman’s similar attempt to assassinate Dr. Saad Aljabri. When that was thwarted, MBS unlawfully arrested Aljabri's adult children: Sara & Omar.
#SaveSarahAndOmar
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been responsible for many changes in Saudi — on one hand there's more entertainment, on the other hand there are 2 students being held hostage.
#SaveSarahAndOmar
Saudi Crown Prince MBS’ “ongoing detention of Mr. al Jabri’s innocent children [...] openly conflict with U.S. policy to resolve disputes with respect for the rule of law and freedom from arbitrary detention.”
#SaveOmarandSarah
#SOS
Miss these beautiful faces & smiles that used to light up the room.
It's been 430 days since Omar and Sarah were taken from our family home in Saudi Arabia. 430 days too long.
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#HumanRights
Sarah and Omar were just kids looking forward to the future. Little did they know, their lives would take a serious turn for the worse.
Sarah and Omar deserve to have their lives back.
Join us as we advocate for their release.
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
BREAKING: Dr. Saad Aljabri filed a lawsuit in a US Court of Law.
The defendant? Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS).
#FreeJabris
Read
@dougquan
full piece:
The US State Department has reiterated its belief that al-Jabri is a 'valued partner' and condemned any attempts at his life.
We must do more to secure Sarah & Omar's immediate and unconditional release.
Tweet
#SaveSarahandOmar
!
"MBS bears primary responsibility for the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — among other human rights violations"
Those violations include the hostage taking of Sarah and Omar.
@POTUS
, don't forget about them and all Saudis unjustly imprisoned.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
Omar Aljabri would’ve loved to watch
@jaytatum0
make history for the
@celtics
.
The 24-year-old won’t get to see his all-time favorite
@NBA
team advance in the playoffs this year, because he’s wrongfully imprisoned in
#SaudiArabia
.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
Hissah Al-Muzaini, daughter of Saad Aljabri, calls for the release of her husband, brother and sister who are currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia in an undisclosed location.
#SOS
“They are a couple of children. Sarah should be back in my mother’s arms and Omar should be back with my dad, teasing and arguing with him.”
@JabriMD
to
@BuzzFeed
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
2/2
The Aljabri family has been forcibly separated for years — a separation even more difficult in the face of personal tragedy. Families should be able to celebrate together and to grieve together.
It's time Sarah and Omar were reunited with their family.
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
In forced exile, I always ask myself, will I ever be able to return home and see my loved ones again?
Today, I woke up to a heartbreaking answer; I will never see my beloved grandma Norah again. She passed away yesterday and I can’t attend her funeral or say the final goodbye.
Omar and Sarah are our hearts. 💗
We feel empty without their presence. All we want is their freedom.
Help us call for their immediate release with
#SaveOmarAndSarah
It wasn't an easy decision to come forward and talk about what has been happening to our family but if people don't speak up, nothing will change.
Sarah and Omar deserve to have us speak up for them when they cannot speak for themselves.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
@RealHissah
spoke on
@AymanMSNBC
about members of the Aljabri family and friends who have been tortured, banned from travel, or are imprisoned in unknown locations and experiencing unspeakable conditions. They have done nothing to deserve this treatment.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
Sarah and Omar were so happy as kids and had many plans for their life ahead. This is a little look back to when their futures seemed so bright. We hope that one day this will all be a distant memory and they can be with us again, where they belong.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
#TBT
It has been 600 days since Omar and Sarah were kidnapped from their home & vanished. We do not know what they are charged with, where they are held, or when we will be able to see them again.
Their kidnappers still refuse to acknowledge their disappearance.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
“He was brutally tortured. I saw the marks on his body.”
Hissah Al-Muzaini says her husband & siblings are in detention in Saudi Arabia & calls on the Crown Prince to release them.
Her father, fmr. Saudi official Saad Al-Jabri, fears he and his family’s lives are under threat.
The State Department's
@StateDRL
report on Saudi Arabia released yesterday included
#SOS
's story.
"On March 16, authorities arrested Omar al-Jabri, 21, and Sarah al-Jabri, 20, in Riyadh and held them in incommunicado detention, according to
@hrw
."
Happy Eid! Who is excited to be sipping their morning coffee again?
As our family comes together for Eid, our hearts ache to have 2 missing seats at our family table: Sarah & Omar.
#SaveOmarandSarah
#SOS
#EidMubarak
#EidAlFitr
In a statement to Reuters,
@stateDept
“we are deeply concerned” by reports of the detention & sentencing of Jabri’s children & that Washington “strongly condemns any unjust action against family members of those accused of crimes”
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
During this month of Ramadan — a time for families to gather and spend time together — Sarah and Omar are forced to spend the month away from theirs, alone in a Saudi prison.
Thinking of them, the thousands like them, and all families forced to be separated.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
MBS-controlled companies abused the US judiciary to cover up human rights crimes:
- Kidnapping Sarah & Omar
- Arresting 40 family members
Now that a federal judge dismissed the “corruption” case, can we get back to what’s important?!
Sarah & Omar’s immediate release.👇
#SOS
Hissah (
@RealHissah
) explains the background behind Sarah and Omar's travel ban in 2017. Three years later in 2020, they were kidnapped and sentenced to prison in a secret trial for crimes they could not have possibly committed.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
Omar & Sarah Aljabri continue to be held hostage in Saudi Arabia!
Get to know them a little better by learning their story.
📣 Spread the word to help
#SaveOmarAndSarah
and SHARE THIS POST!
#SOS
For the 4th year in a row, Omar & Sarah Aljabri are spending Eid behind bars, held as hostages by MBS to punish their father, ex-Saudi official Saad Aljabri.
The pain their family continues to experience is unimaginable.
#SaudiArabia
must free Omar and Sarah.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
At the end of 2019, Sarah and Hissah made a list of new years resolutions & goals for 2020. Sarah was later kidnapped in March, and couldn't complete her list.
We pray that in 2022, Omar and Sarah come home and achieve their dreams.
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
The UN called for the immediate and unconditional release of Sarah and Omar stating that “In the light of the Crown Prince’s recent actions, the risk that they may be further tortured, both physically and psychologically, is allegedly increasing"
#SOS
As the
@celtics
take on the
@MiamiHEAT
in the conference finals we can't help but think of Omar who instead of watching his favorite team is being held hostage in a Saudi prison despite having committed no crime.
Join us in calling to Free Sarah and Omar
#SOS
#SaveOmarandSarah
Throwback to the last
#Celtics
game we went to, Omar's favorite basketball team.
We never realized how complex it is to miss you, especially wIth your birthday coming up. Missing you a little extra today brother!
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
#throwbackthursday
Another family member disappeared in a blatant effort of terrorize my family.
This time it’s my brother-in-law Salem.
We hold the Saudi authorities legally responsible for the safety and well-being of my family members
Full statement 👇🏼
Any father would want to protect his children. Sarah and Omar may not be this young anymore but our father still sees them as his kids and wants to have them safely back with us.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
For
#InternationalHumanRightsDay
, article 9 demonstrates how Sarah and Omar are in a situation that violates so many of the rights that we should all have today, according to the Declaration of Human Rights.
We need to see change.
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
Sarah Aljabri is a young woman who has so much potential. She should be encouraged to follow her dreams and become an architect...
🧵👇
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
Saudi authorities should immediately release Sarah and Omar as they've dealt with too much hardship.
After being arrested in 2020 and held incommunicado, they deserve to see their families and receive justice for their abuses.
Read more:
#SOS
"The nearest thing to accountability for the murder is for MBS to release the detainees Khashoggi advocated for and halt his targeting of dissidents abroad. If Khashoggi were alive, this is what he would have demanded"
#SOS
#SaveOmarandSarah
I am a victim of MBS’s ruthless regime. Two of my siblings are being held hostage in Saudi Arabia, and my family is tormented by a brutal intimidation campaign. However, president Biden could and should salvage the relationship — but not at all costs.
If no one fights for Sarah and Omar, they will spend years locked in prison for crimes they didn't commit. We can't give up on them.
Join us in demanding the unconditional release of Omar and Sarah.
Sign the petition:
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
We deeply miss Omar and Sarah. All we want is to understand where they are and what's happening to them. It's been over a year since they've been kidnapped.
Learn more about their disappearance in this
@guardian
article:
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
Check out the new updates to our website! We're counting every minute since Sarah and Omar disappeared:
While you're on the site, don't forget to sign the petition to demand Sarah and Omar's immediate release!
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
Omar and Sarah haven’t seen their other siblings for over 4 years.
Here goes another
#SiblingsDay
, where they remain hostages, kept away from their brothers & sisters by Saudi Crown Prince MBS.
RETWEET if you’re missing your siblings today, too.
#SaveOmarAndSarah
Defendant Mohammed Bin Salman has disappeared Aljabri's kids Sarah & Omar and is holding them hostage in Saudi Arabia.
In the weeks following the execution of
@JKhashoggi
, MBS went on a manhunt in the U.S. & then deployed a kill squad to Canada to take out Dr. Aljabri.
Watch:
"If Saudi Arabia were actually serious about human rights reform, it would release all those children and other wrongfully detained young Saudis, giving them back their basic rights."
Sarah and Omar deserve to be with their family
#SOS
#SaveOmarandSarah
Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We aren't aware of Sarah's whereabouts, or her health situation.
We hope she remains safe and her return will come soon enough.
#SOS
#SaveOmarandSarah
“If this story is anything, it’s a story about the present and the future of Saudi Arabia and what Saudi Arabia will be under Mohammed bin Salman if and when he becomes king of Saudi Arabia.” —
@mhenryschuster
on
@60Minutes
Overtime.
#SOS
Graduation season is upon us and we can't help but think of Sarah and Omar— both were supposed to be traveling to Boston to continue their educations.
Instead they were banned from leaving the country and thrown in prison
#SOS
#SaveOmarandSarah
Omar — whole loves sports — should have been watching his country playing in the World Cup alongside his friends and family. Instead, he and his sister Sarah have been unjustly ripped from their loved ones and taken hostage
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#FIFAWorldCup
#Qatar2022
This picture is part of the project Sarah was working on the night of her abduction. She has so much talent and ambition to share with the world.
For those asking how you can help, share and use these hashtags:
#SaveOmarAndSarah
#SOS
This
#bucketlist
may be attainable for some, but impossible to reach for others. Sarah and Omar may never get the chance to do any of the activities on this list...
#SOS
#SaveOmarandSarah
While it's been hard not seeing our siblings, it has been the hardest on our mother who hasn't seen or FaceTimed with Sarah and Omar in over a year.
Let's fight to get them home and help reunite us all.
#SOS
#SaveOmarAndSarah
Throwback to our family vacations, when we used to travel together as a family every summer. Omar loved to be adventurous & Sarah loved to capture the moment.
#Tbt
Our family hasn't been the same since they've been abducted.
RT
#SaveOmarAndSarah
to call on their release.
#SOS
Imagine that instead of celebrating your
#jordanyear
blowing out
#birthday
candles, you're eating prison food being punished for a crime you didn't even do?
With Omar's Birthday coming up, please share
#SaveOmarandSarah
and reunite us with him in time for his next birthday.