In yet another example of their unjust actions, the Saudi Ministry of Education had recently terminated the employment contract of an official working at the Saudi Arabia embassy in France under the pretext of holding extremism views and insulting high-ranking officials in the country.
However, the Saudi ministry’s statement did not reveal the nature of the insult, and it turned out that the employee, Yahya Almajmi, had published some tweets on his Twitter account showing solidarity with Qatar against the measures taken by the siege countries.
The authorities in the four siege countries had earlier announced that they would be taking decisive action against anyone showing sympathy with Qatar.
Almajmi had published some tweets on his Twitter account saying, "I have never been a traitor to my homeland. My crime is that I showed solidarity with Qatari people and rejected the unjust siege imposed on Qatar.”
"I am not a dissident. I am not a traitor. I am not fanatic. I have only expressed solidarity with the Qatari people and rejected siege, and for this I was accused of treason,” he had said.
Almajmi later published a document on Twitter saying he was an official at the Saudi embassy in Paris.
Almajmi was terminated for his "extremist thought and insulting some high-ranking officials” in the country, the Saudi ministry spokesman Mubarak Alosaimi said.
The ministry said it had been following Almajmi’s tweets, Alosaimi added.
Prior to the ministry’s punitive action, the Saudi embassy in Paris had issued a statement condemning Almajmi’s tweets.