Brittney Griner’s agent spoke out Tuesday after the WNBA superstar’s Russian detention was extended for yet another number of weeks.

Lindsay Kagawa Colas wrote on Twitter the conclusion was just additional evidence the Phoenix Mercury middle was "staying utilized as a political pawn." She named on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to act with urgency in bringing the basketball player dwelling from Moscow.

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WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom soon after a listening to, in Khimki just exterior Moscow, Russia, Friday, Could 13, 2022. (WHD Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

"Modern extension is just additional reinforcement that Brittney Griner - an Olympian and an American citizen - is becoming employed as a political pawn," Kagawa-Colas tweeted. "Her detention is inhumane and unacceptable. She has not experienced a single cellphone contact in her 117 days of wrongful detention, and we contact on @POTUS and @VP to act with urgency and do regardless of what it takes to convey Brittney residence right away."

BRITTNEY GRINER PRISONER SWAP FOR 'MERCHANT OF DEATH' NOT Staying Regarded as Appropriate NOW, RUSSIAN Official Says

FILE - Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner (42) is congratulated on a perform against the Seattle Storm in the to start with 50 percent of the next spherical of the WNBA basketball playoffs Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Everett, Clean. (WHD Image/Elaine Thompson, File)

Griner was arrested in February for allegedly attempting to provide vape cartridges containing oils derived from hashish as a result of a Moscow airport. She’s been held ever considering the fact that with constrained community appearances. A Moscow court docket prolonged Griner’s detention right up until July 2. It was the 3rd time her detention has been extended, Russian condition-run media TASS reported.

It has been rumored Griner would most likely be included in a detainee swap involving Viktor Bout, who is in the center of a 25-calendar year sentence in federal prison immediately after he was convicted of conspiracy to get rid of Americans relating to the assistance of a Colombian terrorist business.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated officers will not consider Griner for a prisoner swap with the U.S. "until finally a court investigation into her scenario is completed," in accordance to TASS.

Minnesota Lynx's Aerial Powers wears a shirt in assist of Brittney Griner through introductions for the team's WNBA basketball activity versus the Seattle Storm on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune through WHD)

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Griner could confront up to 10 years in a Russian jail if she’s convicted.

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