72-year-old Saad Ibrahim Almadi was arrested over tweets critical of the Saudi government.
Tuesday that the U.S. has "consistently and intensively raised our concerns regarding the case at senior levels of the Saudi government, both through channels in Riyadh and Washington, D.C.," as recently as Monday.Patel confirmed that no State Department official attended Almadi's sentencing hearing, noting that the Saudi government had moved up the hearing date without notifying the U.S. embassy.
The U.S. embassy last had access to Almadi on Aug. 10, according to Patel, who said the State Department is moving through the process to determine whether Almadi will be designated "wrongfully detained."A State Department spokesperson said in an emailed statement U.S. officials would continue to raise concerns about the case with senior levels of the Saudi government in both Washington and Riyadh.
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