Top US Democrat calls out Saudi over alleged aid worker torture

Rights groups say aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan has been tortured after May arrest.

The speaker of the United States House of Representatives says she is “deeply concerned” about the alleged torture of a Saudi aid worker while in detention in Saudi Arabia. The aid worker, Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, was detained by Saudi authorities in March 2018 and reported to be sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by a 20-year travel ban, according to an April 6 US State Department statement. He was arrested from the Red Crescent Society office in Riyadh, where he worked.