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Oman - Supreme court upholds one-year jail terms for five netizens

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Reporters without borders

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders condemns last week's supreme court ruling upholding one-year jail terms and 200-rial fines (400 euros) for five netizens who were convicted of cyber-crime and insulting the sultan. The five are Ali Bin Hilal Al-Muqabali, Mohamed Bin Zayed Al-Habsi, Abdullah Bin Salem Al-Siyabi, Hilal Bin Salim Al-Busaidi and Abdullah Al-Abdali. As Abdali is a medical student, the court released him so that he can finish this year's course, but told him he will (...)

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