Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia

From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Zeina Azzam was published by Mondoweiss on January 14, 2016.

“Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia”

The Palestinian artist, curator, and poet Ashraf Fayadh, 35, has been sentenced to death by beheading. Saudi Arabian authorities have declared his crime as “apostasy,” or abandoning one’s religion—in this case, renouncing Islam. Several other charges were also leveled against Fayadh, including allegedly photographing women and storing their pictures on his phone, a violation of the country’s Anti-Cyber Crime Law. He pleaded his innocence to all the charges.

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