Government has backed some Arab Spring uprisings but sending Qatar poet to prison is shows freedom

Qatar upholds 15-year sentence against maverick poet

AFP – Qatar’s top court upheld a 15-year jail sentence Monday against a poet convicted of incitement against the regime, despite the emirate’s support for uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world. “The Court of Cassation sentenced Mohammed al-Ajami to 15 years. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles