Tunisia: Local Writers Union Expresses Solidarity With Qatari Poet Mohamed Ben Dheeb Al-Ajmi

Tunis — The Tunisian Writers' Union is "dismayed" by the life sentence handed to Qatari poet Mohamed Ben al-Dheeb Al-Ajmi over his poem praising Arab revolutions, particularly the Tunisian Revolution.

The Union expressed, in a statement received by TAP Tuesday, "its condemnation of this injustice suffered by the Qatari poet".

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