Ashraf Fayadh: Saudi court quashes poet's death sentence

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2 February 2016

A Saudi Arabian court has overturned the death sentence of a Palestinian poet convicted of apostasy.

Ashraf Fayadh was instead sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes, his lawyer said.

Mr Fayadh has denied the charges, claiming that another man had made false accusations against him.

His death sentence caused an international outcry with hundreds of writers, actors and artists appealing for his release.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35476183

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1. The reprieve is welcomed.

The new sentence is still barbaric. 12th Century laws by rich, theocratic hypocrits. Their religious beliefs are abominable.