India, May 14 -- Ahmed al-Doush, a father of four and senior business analyst at Bank of America, reportedly received a 10-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia over a single, seven-year-old tweet.

According to the Times of London, the Saudi authorities declared a 2018 post on al-Doush's Twitter account a threat to national security, resulting in the severe punishment to the 41-year-old British national.

Speaking to the outlet, his wife Nour al-Doush said that her husband missed their 10-year wedding anniversary and the birth of their fourth child. "How many more family milestones will he have to miss before the [UK government agencies] sit up and take action?" she asked.

The Mirror cited a second unproven Saudi government claim that al...