this is prince sultan bin turki.arabia. he is also a fierce critic of the ruling elite in the kingdom. injanuary 2016 he was preparing to travel to cairo on a private jet offered to him by the saudi consulate in paris. two of his staff told us what happened on that flight. their identities are hidden to protect them. it wasn't untiljust before we landed that we realised we were in saudi arabia. as soon as the prince realised where we were he got up without his walker and was trying to get towards the door. they were about to land in riyadh. we looked out the window and we just saw a bunch of people get out with their rifles slung over their chests and surround the plane. the soldiers and cabin crew dragged sultan from the plane. he was screaming at his team to call the us embassy. it was an astonishing situation. a saudi prince and his team of european and american nationals were kidnapped and taken to saudi arabia. the foreigners were allowed to leave three days later. sultan has not been heard from since. 0ther dis

prince sultan bin turki bin abdulaziz was once an officer in the saudi police, which gave him access highly sensitive information. injune 2012 he began posting videos on youtube, in which he called for reform in saudi arabia. he also claimed to have highly damaging documents and threatened to expose corruption at the highest level. prince turki was later arrested in morocco and deported to saudi arabia at the request of the saudi authorities. another prince, saud bin saif al—nasr, was a relatively minor royal with known in political activities. but in 2015 he began to eating attacks on the saudi monarchy. to those who say i am criticising people from my family, i say it is obligatory to state the truth. in september 2015, and an on the saudi prince wrote two letters calling for a coup to overthrow king salman. the letters went online and we re salman. the letters went online and were read why millions. this was an astonishing display of opposition. prince saud was the only royal to endorse the letters. this was tantamount to treason and may have sealed his fate. a few days they to hi