US embassy cable - 05MUSCAT1238

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TAYBAH AL-MA'WALI SENTENCE REDUCED TO 6 MONTHS

Identifier: 05MUSCAT1238
Wikileaks: View 05MUSCAT1238 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Muscat
Created: 2005-08-07 11:07:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PHUM SOCI PREL PINR MU Human Rights
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS MUSCAT 001238 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARPI, DRL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, SOCI, PREL, PINR, MU, Human Rights (General) 
SUBJECT: TAYBAH AL-MA'WALI SENTENCE REDUCED TO 6 MONTHS 
 
REF: MUSCAT 1203 AND PREVIOUS 
 
(SBU) Taybah al-Ma'wali was sentenced by a Muscat appeals 
court on August 7 to six months in prison, a significant 
reduction from the original sentence of eighteen months. 
According to her family, she was taken immediately into 
custody.  Until the verdict is published (it may take up to 
one week), it is not clear whether either of the two charges 
for which she was originally sentenced ("insulting a public 
official" and "using means of communication to spread false 
information") may have been dropped.  Her family indicated 
that, once the verdict is published, they will start the 
process to appeal her case to the Supreme Court. 
BALTIMORE 

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