Saad is a dual US-Saudi citizen and father. He was retired and living in Florida, when he traveled to Saudi Arabia to see family in 2021.

While in the Kingdom, Saad was arrested and detained over 14 tweets he posted on social media that the Saud family judged to be critical of them and their rule. Saad was falsely charged with trying to destabilize the kingdom and supporting terrorism. He was wrongfully detained until 2023, when he was released from prisoner, but he is still on an exit ban, unable to leave Saudi Arabia and return home to the United States and his family here. Additionally, security and government officials in Saudi Arabia continue to harass him, bringing him in for questions and pressuring him to renounce his US citizenship. This behavior from a country that purports to be an ally of the US is unacceptable. The US government must demand that the exit ban against Saad is lifted and ensure he is able to leave Saudi Arabia and rejoin his family in Florida.

https://x.com/Almadhi29

Mahmood Habibi is an American citizen, father, and businessman who was wrongfully detained by the Taliban, along with approximately 30 other employees of the company he worked at, in August 2022. While the others have been released, Mahmood is still being held. He has not been charged with a crime, and has had no contact with his wife and young daughter.  He is also being denied his right to speak with American diplomats.  The U.S. government needs to act to bring Mahmood home and reunite him with his family.

Robert is a Marine Corps veteran, who was traveling in Russia when he fell sick on a train. Instead of medical help, he was taken to a police station. He fell into a cycle of charges, which began with a case that was dismissed, a second that was without evidence, and a third for assault of a police officer where even the police officer says he should not be charged. A typical Russian Government tactic is getting Americans into their system, and pile on various unfounded charges to keep them there. This is Robert’s story, and they continue to put him in conditions that set him up for further charges that further politicize his case. Beyond this, the profile of the case against Robert appears eerily familiar to the Trevor Reed case, where a former Marine unexpectedly blacked out and was charged with punching a police officer, suggesting this may all have been staged.

https://www.freerobertgilman.com

David was arrested on January 13, 2022, after his ex-wife, who kidnapped his sons from Texas to Russia, made allegations of abuse that had already been disproven twice by Texas officials. The Russian court ignored the fact his ex-wife’s claims had twice been investigated and found to be unsubstantiated. It also ignored the fact that Russia did not have any reasonable jurisdiction for the case. David is sentenced to 21 years hard labor.

https://www.freedavidbarnes.com

Andre Khachatoorian is a 38-year-old American citizen of Armenian descent. He is an incredibly caring son, brother, and family man who got engaged to the love of his life 3 months before being captured by the Russian government at the Sheremetyevo International Airport on December 27, 2021.

Andre was transiting in Moscow for 3 hours before traveling to Armenia to spend his first holidays with his fiancée. But at the Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russian authorities questioned Andre for his small firearm, which was secured and locked in his suitcase holding all licenses and ownership documents. Andre had attempted to declare it at LAX at the luggage check-in location at Aeroflot Airlines Desk, where Aeroflot personnel informed him he could fill out the declaration form before traveling to Armenia, and would be guided to properly declare his weapon as he was not traveling to Russia.

For days, Andre attempted to call US embassy officials, seeking help from authorities with no luck. He was not allowed access to his critical medications during this time, and eventually detained for violating Russian law by traveling with a weapon inside his luggage. After twelve months of court delays, he was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Andre’s family is extremely worried. They struggle to provide and deliver him the proper medications for his respiratory ailments as well as basic necessities. Andre’s requests to be under specialist evaluation each month, as needed, have been denied by the judge for 19 months and counting. Andre's family is pleading with the US Government to recognize his wrongful detention and ensure his release and safe return home.

https://www.freeandre.org/

@Shahab_Dalili

Shahab Dalili, a 60-year-old husband and father of two, was taken hostage during a short family-related visit to Iran in April 2016. Shahab and his family are from Gainesville, VA. They arrived in the US and received their Legal Permanent Resident status in August 2014. His family is all naturalized US citizens now and Shahab would have been one too by now if he had not been taken hostage as a Legal Permanent Resident. We plead with Secretary Rubio, SPEHA Adam Boehler, and President Trump to not forget him and leave him behind in Iran.

@zackbackhome

Zack Shahin is an American hostage in the United Arab Emirates for the last 17 years on an alleged white collar crime. On the 23rd of March 2023, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued their ruling pertaining Zack S. Shahin whereby they found he has been arbitrarily detained for 15 years, kidnapped on two counts, and subjected to numerous human rights crimes and violations including torture, hence incriminating the UAE government officials, UAE national airline carrier, as well as the Yemeni government officials. There were similar findings by the Foley Foundation and Human Rights Watch.

In exchange for a few trade and defense contracts, the US State Department has/is turning a blind eye to the fact that the UAE which enjoy great bilateral ties with the US has been holding an American citizen hostage for 15 years.

http://www.bringzackhome.org

Olga Jezler, a legal permanent resident of the United States, was an entrepreneur with a professional makeup business before her unjust imprisonment. In June 2022, she was traveled to Russia to care for her sister, who was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Upon arrival in Moscow, she voluntarily declared that she possessed legally purchased and legally permissible CBD capsules, as she had done on previous trips as CBD is legal in Russia, however, this time her treatment was different.  After being questioned about her travel, Olga was allowed to leave the airport, but three days later she was arrested and falsely charged with drug trafficking and sentenced to 10 years in a Russian penal colony.  Olga’s arrest and detention fits a pattern of behavior from Russia, with Americans being detained, that was particularly salient in 2022.  Olga is innocent, she was carrying a legal substance into Russia for her sister who was struggling with breast cancer.  Despite being a legal permanent resident of the United States, no one from State Department visited Olga during her first three years of detention.  This is unacceptable, we cannot forget any American.  The U.S. government owes it to Olga, and to her family, to do everything in its power to bring her home.   

https://www.freeolga.com/

Trevor Reed | Freed from Russia in April 2022 after 985 days

Mark Frerichs | Freed from Afghanistan in September 2022 after 962 days

Alirio Zambrano | Freed from Venezuela in October 2022 after 1,775 days

Jose Luis Zambrano | Freed from Venezuela in October 2022 after 1,775 days

Matthew Heath | Freed from Venezuela in October 2022 after 752 days

Jorge Toledo | Freed from Venezuela in October 2022 after 1,775 days

Jose Angel Pereira | Freed from Venezuela in October 2022 after 1,775 days

Baquer Namazi | Freed from Iran in October 2022 after 2,413 days

Brittney Griner | Freed from Russia in December 2022 after 294 days

Jeffery Woodke | Freed from Niger in March 2023 after 2,348 days

Paul Rusesabagina | Freed from Rwanda in March 2023 after 935 days

Emad Shargi | Freed from Iran in September 2023 after 1,975 days

Morad Tahbaz | Freed from Iran in September 2023 after 2,078 days

Siamak Namazi | Freed from Iran in September 2023 after 2,898 days

Luke Denman | Freed from Venezuela in December 2023 after 1,325 days

Airan Berry | Freed from Venezuela in December 2023 after 1,325 days

Eyvin Hernandez | Freed from Venezuela in December 2023 after 630 days

Joseph Cristella | Freed from Venezuela in December 2023 after 462 days

Jerrel Kenemore | Freed from Venezuela in December 2023 after 643 days

Paul Whelan | Freed from Russia in August 2024 after 2,043 days

David Lin | Freed from China in September 2024 after 6,681 days

Mark Swidan | Freed from China in November 2024 after 4,397 days

Kai Li | Freed from China in November 2024 after 3,001 days

Marc Fogel | Freed from Russia in February 2025 after 1,277 days

Ksenia Karelina | Freed from Russia in April 2025 after 439 days

Youras Ziankovich | Freed from Belarus in April 2025 after 1,480 days

Joseph St. Clair | Freed from Venezuela in May 2025 after 184 days

Wilbert Castaneda | Freed from Venezuela in July 2025 after 325 days

Jorge Marcelo Vargas | Freed from Venezuela in July 2025 after 304 days

Renzo Castillo | Freed from Venezuela in July 2025 after299 days

Lucas Hunter | Freed from Venezuela in July 2025 after 192 days

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