Post by cenydd on Oct 22, 2013 8:26:28 GMT
Qatar’s highest court has upheld a 15-year prison sentence for poet Mohamed Rashid al-Ajami.
Sunday's sentence was the final verdict from the Court of Cassation in Doha.
Ajami who was granted an appeal in February when his jail term was reduced to 15 years, was sentenced to life in prison on November 29, 2011 for insulting the Emir of Qatar and spreading incendiary material.
"The Court of Cassation sentenced Mohammed al-Ajami to 15 years in prison," confirming the sentence given to the poet by an appeals court in February, al-Ajami's lawyer Nejib al-Naimi told AFP news agency.
Naimi described Monday's court ruling as "a political and not a judicial decision," reported AFP.
Sunday's sentence was the final verdict from the Court of Cassation in Doha.
Ajami who was granted an appeal in February when his jail term was reduced to 15 years, was sentenced to life in prison on November 29, 2011 for insulting the Emir of Qatar and spreading incendiary material.
"The Court of Cassation sentenced Mohammed al-Ajami to 15 years in prison," confirming the sentence given to the poet by an appeals court in February, al-Ajami's lawyer Nejib al-Naimi told AFP news agency.
Naimi described Monday's court ruling as "a political and not a judicial decision," reported AFP.
www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/10/qatar-court-upholds-sentence-against-poet-20131021123723850815.html
15 years in prison for an anti-government poem?! There doesn't seem to be much international outcry on this particular case, though.