An Omani court has ordered the permanent closure of a newspaper and the jailing of its three journalists after it reported on alleged corruption within the judiciary
The privately owned Azamn newspaper was suspended from publishing last month and the three were detained in connection with an article published on July 26.
Ibrahim Al-Mamari, editor-in-chief of Azamn and deputy and managing editor Youssef Al-Balushi were both fined OMR3,000 ($7,791) and jailed for three years, according to Reuters.
A third journalist, Zaher Al Abri, was fined OMR1,000 ($2,597) and sentenced to a year in jail.
The three were described in a statement as exceeding the limits of free speech and drifting i
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