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December 3, 2012

Jailed Qatari Poet to Appeal Life Sentence 
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A Qatari poet sentenced last week to life in prison for his writing is
planning to appeal his case in court. Mohammad al-Ajami was accused of
insulting Qatar’s emir and inciting the overthrow of the regime. He
wrote a poem inspired by the Tunisian uprising that read, in part, "We
are all Tunisia, in the face of the repressive elite." Al-Ajami has been
held largely in solitary confinement since his arrest one year ago.

 

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