Rashid al-Ajami was originally sentenced to life in prison in 2012 after clip of poem recital was posted on YouTubeA Qatari poet has been pardoned and released after serving more than three years of a 15-year prison sentence for reciting a poem perceived to be critical of the emir,his brother said on Wednesday.
Rashid al-Ajami, also known as Ibn Al-Deeb, or was convicted after apparently being challenged in 2010 to read a poem that was indirectly critical of then Qatari ruler,Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
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Source: theguardian.com