Omani human rights activist Saeed Jaddad, aged 49, was arrested on 25 November and transferred to Arzat Prison, west of Dhofar province’s capital, Salalah, after a raid on his home at 1am that morning. The Court of Appeal in Salalah had a week earlier upheld his sentence of one year in prison and a fine of 1000 Omani Rials (about US$2,600). On 31 March a court of first instance in Salalah had convicted him of “inciting to break national unity and spreading discord within society” in relation to a blog he wrote in October 2014 in which he compared the 2011 protests in Dhofar province to the 2014 protests in Hong Kong.
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