LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is reviving efforts to bring opponents back to the country in an effort to reduce damage to opponents of the outside world, the Financial Times reported.
The newspaper said that Riyadh is working to lure its citizens abroad to return to the Kingdom, and resort to this to the use of the reform story promoted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, before they discover the futility.
The Saudi authorities, nine months after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has done great damage to the reputation of Saudi Arabia, is trying to prevent other Saudis living abroad from expressing their concerns about Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his way of running the country.
In this way, she tries to convince opponents and critics of the return, and gives them assurances of their safety, asserting that they will not be held accountable later.
One activist told the newspaper how it was done. A person close to the command or intermediary was in touch and told him that he had a personal message from the crown prince that you would not be imprisoned and would not harm you if you accepted the offer.
The concern, caused by opposition voices abroad, prompted the royal court to request a study on the subject, and the study, which did not reveal its results, indicated that the number of Saudi asylum seekers abroad would reach 50,000 by 2030.