Saudi court sentences Palestinian poet to death for apostasy, rights group says

[oberliner]

A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a Palestinian poet to death for apostasy, abandoning his Muslim faith, according to trial documents seen by Human Rights Watch, its Middle East researcher Adam Coogle said on Friday.

Ashraf Fayadh was detained by the country's religious police in 2013 in Abha, in southwest Saudi Arabia, and then rearrested and tried in early 2014.

The verdict of that court sentenced him to four years in prison and 800 lashes but after appeal another judge passed a death sentence on Fayadh three days ago, said Coogle.

"I have read the trial documents from the lower court verdict in 2014 and another one from 17 November. It is very clear he has been sentenced to death for apostasy," Coogle said.

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Saudi-court-sentences-Palestinian-poet-to-death-for-apostasy-rights-group-says-435150

[orpupilofnature57]

1. And these are the people Our govenment appeases at every turn .

[6chars]

2. Just don't call them ISIS like

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ashraf-fayadh-saudi-arabia-to-sue-twitter-user-describing-palestinian-poets-death-sentence-as-isis-a6749591.html

Anyway, glad to see Palestinian leadership standing up for him.

[leftynyc]

3. I think the most

Mind boggling thing I've read about this is the Saudi's were compared to isis for this and really, really resented it. I'm still waiting to hear how exactly they're different.