Christopher Ems

So when a country requests extradition, it has a certain amount of time legally when it's supposed to follow up with the evidence for the extradition, which is then reviewed by a judge.

And then a judge in that country will make the decision as to whether to extradite that person.

They sent no evidence for however long I was there, seven months.

Like $8,000.

It wasn't a small fine.

We go there and then I get arrested again.

And this time it wasn't very nice.

So at this point, I'd moved actually down to Jeddah because that's where my lawyers were based, which is another city.

And it was by the beach.

So I just thought, you know, Riyadh is hot in the middle of it.

So I just thought, you know, I'm going to go there.

So anyway, I get arrested.

I basically get put in the drunk tank with no water for around eight hours.

And that was really horrible.

Like that was, there's no bed.

I literally had to take my shoes off and use them as a pillow.

Then I got thrown outside in the sort of,

baking evening heat of Jeddah with no water again eventually I get so fed up I'm about to pass out and knock on the door guard takes me and he says look I can either put you in a holding cell there or I can put you in with these really bad people I said put me in with the really bad people please put me in and they were nothing but lovely and that's when I you know I don't have any evidence to back this but I surmise that that was the last tactic that the US were going to try and use there just send me to America and

But the Saudis, I think, is making massive strides in terms of changing a lot of things.

But it's true, if you read anything, the Saudi police force is notoriously corrupt.