Saudi lawyers jailed, banned from media over Tweets

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Saudi lawyers jailed, banned from media over Tweets

27 Oct

Riyadh (AFP) - Three lawyers in Saudi Arabia were jailed Monday for up to eight years and banned from using social media over Tweets that undermined the judiciary, the official news agency SPA said.

The lawyers were convicted, among other charges, of "disobeying the ruler" as well as undermining and slandering the judicial system which they described as "retarded," it said.

They used "Tweets on social media" to carry out the offences, said SPA.

"All this is to undermine public order," the agency reported, without identifying the accused or giving further details about what they wrote.

The court sentenced one accused to eight years in prison, while the other two were handed five-year terms.

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