UAE gives Qatari doctor seven years in jail for backing Islamist group


  • World
  • Tuesday, 04 Mar 2014

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - A Qatari physician received a seven-year jail sentence from a court in the United Arab Emirates on Monday for supporting an illegal Islamist group, the UAE state news agency WAM said.

The case could further complicate ties between Qatar and the UAE, which both belong to the Western-allied Gulf Cooperation Council, but have diverging views of Islamist political groups that initially thrived after the Arab uprisings of 2011.

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