The U.S. Department of State (DOS) confirmed on Oct. 17 that Saudi-American citizen Saad Ibrahim Almadi has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by Saudi Arabian officials over social media posts he shared while remaining in the United States that were critical of the government.
“We have been following the case closely. We have consistently and intensively raised our concerns regarding the case at senior levels of the Saudi government … and we will continue to do so,” DOS deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said at a news conference on Tuesday, adding that U.S. officials raised the issue with Riyadh “as recently as yesterday.”
