Saudi Arabia: Sheikh al-'Amr appeal may worsen sentence

Index Number: MDE 23/017/2013
Date Published: 29 April 2013
Categories: Saudi Arabia

Sheikh Tawfiq Jaber Ibrahim al-‘Amr risks a harsher sentence when his appeal is heard within the next few weeks. He has been serving a three-year prison sentence since December 2012, when he rejected an offer of release if he gave no more Friday sermons.