The return of an Australian citizen who has spent months in legal limbo in Saudi Arabia has been delayed by at least two days.
Junaid Thorne went into hiding after being detained twice for protesting the imprisonment of his older brother Shayden in November 2011 on terrorism-related offences.
He recently handed himself in to local authorities, who confiscated his passport.
Junaid was expected to be reunited with his mother in Perth by this afternoon but bureaucracy has held up his return for at least two days.
Junaid posted on a message on Twitter last night saying that he had missed his flight because the processing of his paperwork had been delayed.
...Immigration office. I hope that my situation witnesses a happy ending ASAP. I'm tired of moving from one detention centre to another...
— Jo0oni (@Jo0oni90) July 8, 2013
Three minutes later he posted an update.
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