American woman freed in Saudi Arabia, travel ban remains

Published November 10, 2022 2:59 PM

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia has released an American woman it took into custody after she spoke out on her efforts to leave the country with her young Saudi-American daughter. That’s according to a U.S. official and a U.S.-based advocacy group. Carly Morris was taken into custody by Saudi authorities in the north-central city of Buraidah on Monday, according to the Freedom Initiative, a Washington-based advocacy group. Morris has faced Saudi Arabia’s strict laws on male guardianship in her three-year effort to leave the kingdom again with her 8-year-old daughter. Freedom Initiative says Saudi authorities interrogated Morris about her tweets on the case before releasing her Wednesday.

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