Saudi Arabia sentences Ashraf Fayadh to death

Saudi Arabia: Ashraf Fayadh, a poet, artist, curator, and member of the British-Saudi art organisation "Edge of Arabia", has been sentenced to death.

 According to reports, Fayadh, originally sentenced to four years in prison and 800 lashes in May 2014, is now due to be executed following a retrial. The decision has been strongly condemned by writers' associations English PEN, PEN American Center and PEN International. Fayadh has been quoted as saying, "I didn't do anything that deserves death."