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Yemen: Jailed for Laughing
"Yemeni journalist Mohamad al-Mokaleh has been in prison for two months for... laughing in court during the trial of another journalist.
"State prosecutors have accused Mohamad al-Mokaleh of "attacking and defaming the judicial system" for his outburst of laughter last April during the trial of fellow dissident journalist Abed al-Karim al-Khiwami. [...]"
Source: Menassat, Yemen Times (Yemen), July 12, 2008
Posted at: 2008-06-12
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