 Saleh Bin-Humaid, chairman of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia (Shoura Council), brought up Al-Turki's case during an official meeting with the US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff in Riyadh on March 26, 2009, when he urged Americans to review the topic.According to a public statement from Bin-Humaid, "The Saudi people sympathize with Homaidan Al-Turki and they closely follow up his case.