DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar deported Saudi human rights activist Mohammad al-Otaibi to his homeland when he tried to fly with his wife to Norway where he had been granted political asylum, the rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Otaibi, who faces charges in Saudi Arabia for setting up an independent organisation and sending tweets deemed "offensive" to the kingdom, was arrested at Doha airport on May 24 and returned hours later to Saudi Arabia, an Amnesty statement said.
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