DUBAI (Reuters) - The prime minister of the United Arab Emirates said on Monday that the treatment of a U.S. citizen who spent nine months in jail for posting a parody video on YouTube was unsatisfactory, and suggested it was a mistake the UAE would learn from.
Shezanne Cassim was detained in April and sentenced to a year in prison in the Gulf Arab state in December on cybercrime charges for his video, a 20-minute "mockumentary" that pokes fun at young Emirati men who imitate U.S. hip-hop culture.
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