WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it was troubled by Saudi Arabia's sentencing prominent human rights lawyer Walid abu al-Khair to 15 years in prison on charges that included seeking to undermine the state and insulting the judiciary.
"We urge the Saudi government to respect international human rights norms, a point we make to them regularly," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.
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