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| DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nine Americans are currently imprisoned in Saudi jails, with eight detained in the past three months, according to a website belonging to Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry. | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nine Americans are currently imprisoned in Saudi jails, with eight detained in the past three months, according to a website belonging to Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry. |
| The state-linked newspaper al-Watan reported Saturday that the eight recently detained Americans are being investigated for terrorism-related crimes. | The state-linked newspaper al-Watan reported Saturday that the eight recently detained Americans are being investigated for terrorism-related crimes. |
| The detainee list shows four Americans were arrested in November and December of 2015 and another four Americans were detained on Jan. 25. It says the eight are being investigated, but does not provide details about their alleged crimes or where they are being held in the kingdom. | The detainee list shows four Americans were arrested in November and December of 2015 and another four Americans were detained on Jan. 25. It says the eight are being investigated, but does not provide details about their alleged crimes or where they are being held in the kingdom. |
| The names, ages, genders and other personal details of the U.S. detainees were also not listed, however the website shows one U.S. citizen was arrested in March 2007 and convicted and has the right to appeal, though the details of the case are not provided. | The names, ages, genders and other personal details of the U.S. detainees were also not listed, however the website shows one U.S. citizen was arrested in March 2007 and convicted and has the right to appeal, though the details of the case are not provided. |
| The latest update to the official list, which includes 5,158 detainees who are mostly Saudi nationals, was made on Monday. The list of detainees is posted on the Interior Ministry’s Nafethah website, which helps relatives communicate with detainees. | |
| It shows that five of the Americans were in Saudi Arabia on resident visas, According to the prisons’ website, three others are listed only as U.S. passport holders, suggesting they could be dual-nationals or were visiting the kingdom at the time of their arrest. | It shows that five of the Americans were in Saudi Arabia on resident visas, According to the prisons’ website, three others are listed only as U.S. passport holders, suggesting they could be dual-nationals or were visiting the kingdom at the time of their arrest. |
| U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Monday the U.S. was looking into the reported arrests. He said he was not aware that the department had been notified through official channels of the arrests listed on the Saudi website. | |
| “I just don’t know at this time how true that posting is,” he told reporters in Washington. “We are working closely with Saudi authorities to try to figure this out.” | |
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| Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report. | Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report. |
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