#Qatar upholds 15-year jail term for dissident poet
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A top Qatari court on Monday upheld a 15-year jail term handed to a poet convicted of incitement against the regime, his lawyer said. “The Court of Cassation sentenced Mohammed al-Ajami to 15 years in prison,” confirming the sentence given to the poet by an appeals court in February, Nejib al-Naimi told AFP. He described Monday’s court ruling as “a political and not a judicial decision.” Ajami’s sole recourse now is to appeal to Qatar’s dictator Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani for clemency. (...)