Saudi abducts dissident members of its royal family

The state run illegal rendition programme was exposed by the documentary, which followed the abduction of three Saudi princes by the regime’s security forces over the past two years. The whereabouts of the princes, who were all critical of the government in Riyadh, is unknown.
The BBC, which met with a number of princes from the Saudi royal family residing in Europe and who are known for their opposition to the regime, revealed that the three princes; Sultan Bin Turki Bin Abdulaziz, Turki Bin Bandar and Saud Bin Saif Al-Nasr were all abducted in security operations authorised by the King himself.
The three princes were vocal opponents and decided to take residence in Europe to avoid persecution from Saudi officials. Bin Abdulaziz was discovered to have given a number of interviews criticising the Saudi government including its human rights record. In 2012, Bin Bandar began posting videos on YouTube calling for reform in Saudi Arabia. Both are believed to have been abducted around 2015.
Around the same time, Al-Nasr, who is said to be a minor figure within the royal family, used his Twitter account to post messages that were extremely critical of King Salman’s government. In 2014 he called for the prosecution of Saudi officials who’d backed the overthrow of the democratically elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
“Those who say I am criticising members of my own family I say: you have to speak to truth against your own family even if it makes them angry so what about speaking the truth against those who are corrupt.”
Al-Nasr, whose last tweet was on 10 September 2015, is believed to have been abducted after endorsing a letter written by an anonymous Saudi prince who called for the removal of King Salman. While millions liked the letter on Twitter, Al-Nasr was the only member of the royal family to do so.
The Saudi government has not responded to the allegations made in the report.