Poet jailed for life in Qatar insult trial has term cut to 15 years
 

25-02-13 12:35 PM

DOHA (Reuters) - A Qatari poet jailed for life for criticising the emir and attempting to incite revolt had his sentence cut to 15 years on Monday, in a case human rights groups said showed hypocrisy by the Gulf state, which has supported Arab uprisings abroad. In his verses, Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami praised the Arab Spring revolts that toppled four dictators, often with the help of money ...

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