Saudi Arabia has released thousands of former terror suspects whose responsibility was deemed to be low or who recanted their previous beliefs, the Saudi interior minister said.
"We have freed thousands," Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz told the Al-Arabiya satellite channel. "We are holding on to those who we have to keep or those who have been found guilty," he added.
"The releases are continuing ... but those who were found guilty, sent to court and subject to investigations" are being kept in detention.
"As for those whose responsibility is limited, they have been freed with a caution and have gone back on their previous links and vowed to distance themselves from these. Thus they have been freed."
