Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05MUSCAT1238
2005-08-07 11:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Muscat
Cable title:  

TAYBAH AL-MA'WALI SENTENCE REDUCED TO 6 MONTHS

Tags:  PHUM SOCI PREL PINR MU 
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UNCLAS MUSCAT 001238

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARPI, DRL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM SOCI PREL PINR MU
SUBJECT: TAYBAH AL-MA'WALI SENTENCE REDUCED TO 6 MONTHS

REF: MUSCAT 1203 AND PREVIOUS

(SBU) Taybah al-Ma'wali was sentenced by a Muscat appeals
court on August 7 to six months in prison, a significant
reduction from the original sentence of eighteen months.
According to her family, she was taken immediately into
custody. Until the verdict is published (it may take up to
one week),it is not clear whether either of the two charges
for which she was originally sentenced ("insulting a public
official" and "using means of communication to spread false
information") may have been dropped. Her family indicated
that, once the verdict is published, they will start the
process to appeal her case to the Supreme Court.
BALTIMORE