Saudi Arabia - RSF decries Saudi citizen-journalist's jail term and writing ban

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the four-year jail sentence and 15-year writing ban that a Saudi court passed yesterday on writer and citizen-journalist Zuhair Kutbi as “unjust and disproportionate.” A human rights defender and contributor to the Makkah Online website, Kutbi has been held since his arrest at his home on 15 July for calling for religious and political reforms and a constitutional monarchy in an interview for the Saudi-owned pan-Arab TV channel Rotana Khaleejia (...)

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