From Saudi air force officer to dissident

The World

 For years, Yahya Assiri led a secret double life. By day, he monitored arms contracts from his office in Riyadh. In the evening, he assumed another identity online, so he could speak out against the Saudi government. Assiri is now in exile in London. He tells host Marco Werman he’s still in touch with Saudi Arabia’s underground dissident network.

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