Thursday 17 April 2014

​Saudi blogger sentenced to 15 years behind bars

A Special Criminal Court in the capital of Riyadh found 26-year-old Fadhel al-Manasef guilty of incitement and participation in demonstrations, writing articles against state security and posting them online. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail, barred from traveling abroad for 15 years after his release, and also fined 100,000 riyals ($26,700). Manasef denied the charges and his lawyer plans to appeal the verdict. Manasef has been in detention in a jail in Dammam since October 2011. He was convicted in three cases that date back to 2009.

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