A woman who says her jailed brother has been tortured in Saudi Arabia is urging Newcastle United fans to remember the state's "victims" at games. A consortium backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has bought the club. The Premier League said the new owners were separate from the state. Areej Al-Sadhan, whose brother Abdulrahman was jailed for 20 years for critical tweets, said the £305m deal was an attempt to "whitewash" abuses. The BBC has requested a Saudi response. Ms Al-Sadhan, who lives in San Francisco, said her aid worker brother was "kidnapped" from his office at the Red Cross in Riyadh in March 2018 and "forcibly disappeared". She said he was held without charge and "brutally tortured" for three years before being brought to a "sham trial" where he was convicted of "vague" and "ambiguous" charges related to use of a Twitter account. She said he was sentenced to 20 years in jail followed by a 20-year travel ban which "is basically 40 years in prison". please log in to view this image Definite WID Newcastle United takeover: Saudi prisoner's sister calls for fan pressure - BBC News
