Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia (Updated) – Mondoweiss
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According to the Guardian ’-(voir le lien ci-dessous) a panel of judges will considering an appeal in Fayadh’s case next week.
The Palestinian artist, curator, and poet Ashraf Fayadh, 35, has been sentenced to death by beheading. Saudi Arabian authorities have declared his crime as “apostasy,” or abandoning one’s religion—in this case, renouncing Islam. Several other charges were also leveled against Fayadh, including allegedly photographing women and storing their pictures on his phone, a violation of the country’s Anti-Cyber Crime Law. He pleaded his innocence to all the charges. Amnesty International UK states that, “Throughout this whole process, Ashraf was denied access to a lawyer—a clear violation of international human rights law, as well as Saudi Arabia’s national laws.”
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Writers join worldwide action to protest Palestinian poet’s death sentence in Saudi Arabia | Books | The Guardian
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Writers join worldwide action to protest Palestinian poet’s death sentence in Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of writers in 44 countries take part in coordinated readings to support Ashraf Fayadh, condemned to death for allegedly promoting atheism
Thursday 14 January 2016 06.00 GMT
Last modified on Thursday 14 January 2016 13.04 GMT
Hundreds of writers including Irvine Welsh, Ruth Padel and AL Kennedy are taking part in a worldwide reading in support of the Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after being accused of renouncing Islam.
