She said her husband had not eaten since his arrest on May 19.
Ukalaa said saw Faleh on Saturday after tracking him down to the Haer prison south of Riyadh. She said she had been searched for him in different prisons because the police had not informed her of his whereabouts.
Faleh’s feet were in shackles and told her that he had refused to be questioned until he is given access to a lawyer, she said.
Ukalaa said she has not been told of the charges against Faleh.
"Those we demand freedom of expression should not be treated in such a way… He is not a criminal… He should at least get a lawyer," she said.
Faleh was among three prominent Saudi reformists who spent 17 months in jail for demanding a constitutional monarchy before being pardoned by King Abdullah in August 2005.
In a statement received by AFP, an Arab rights group implicitly linked Faleh’s arrest to his defence of fellow reformist Abdullah al-Hamed, who is serving a six-month jail sentence on charges of inciting women’s protests.
Faleh is Hamed’s legal representative.
According to the Arab Committee for Human Rights he had "issued a statement about conditions in Buraida prison" after visiting Hamed in the jail.
A number of reform advocates have been arrested over the past 15 months in Saudi Arabia, whose record on human rights has been criticised by international watchdogs. But the oil powerhouse denies violating human rights.
