Qatar upholds 15-year sentence against maverick poet

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DOHA, Oct 21: 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.[break]

"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.

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