Three days after the United Nations climate change conference began here
in Doha, a Qatari court sentenced a local poet to life in prison, a
move that shocked many activists in the Gulf region and human rights
observers. The sentencing of Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami came nearly
two years after he wrote a poem titled, “Tunisian Jasmine," supporting
the uprisings in the Arab world. “We are all Tunisia in the face of
repressive elites!” al-Ajami wrote. “The Arab governments and who rules
them are without exception thieves, thieves!” We speak to his attorney
and a member of Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee.Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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