Iyad el-Baghdadi, activist in Norway, ‘warned by CIA of Saudi threat’ (BBC)

An Arab pro-democracy activist says he was whisked away to safety by officials in Norway, where he lives, after being told of a threat from Saudi Arabia.

Iyad el-Baghdadi told the BBC he believed the threat was related to his work on Saudi human rights projects.

According to the Guardian newspaper, information about the threat came from the CIA, which then notified Norway.

“If they don’t want to kill me, then I’m not doing my job,” he wrote on Twitter, after the news came to light. Read more