SAUDI ARABIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW GETS JAIL TERM FOR TV CRITICISM

a Shi'ite on death row in Saudi Arabia for 16 years for insulting the Prophet Mohammed was sentenced this week to another five years in jail for criticising the Saudi justice system. Hadi al-Mutif criticised the justice system and the absolute monarchy's human rights record in comments to US funded Alhurra television in 2007. "He said that he was a victim of sectarian segregation," said Mohamed al-Askar, a leading Ismaili activist.