"The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the 12-year jail term handed to a TV presenter in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The journalist has 30 days to appeal.
A court in the capital, Riyadh, convicted Wajdi al-Ghazzawi, host of Wajd TV satellite channel, of "harming the nation's image," according to the official Saudi Press Agency and regional human rights groups. The 12-year prison sentence included a five-year term under Article 6 of the country's cybercrime law, which criminalizes the production of material impinging on public order and public morals, among other issues. The court also banned the host for life from appearing on media outlets and forbade him from leaving the country for 20 years."
A court in the capital, Riyadh, convicted Wajdi al-Ghazzawi, host of Wajd TV satellite channel, of "harming the nation's image," according to the official Saudi Press Agency and regional human rights groups. The 12-year prison sentence included a five-year term under Article 6 of the country's cybercrime law, which criminalizes the production of material impinging on public order and public morals, among other issues. The court also banned the host for life from appearing on media outlets and forbade him from leaving the country for 20 years."
