I don't see why posting the international coverage of a public judicial action should be controversial. It's not like the trial was a secret or that the judge issued a gag order.

I purposely did not print the offending poem, just the news stories of respectable papers covering the trial and sentencing. It's the issue that got as much attention in the international press and the climate change conference over the past few days.

Questioning the ruling and hoping for a different sort of justice (such as royal pardon) is not that different than all the other threads that cover the crimes and court hearing in Qatar.

QL rules state not to do anything that would be illegal in Qatar. Providing the news and commenting on it is not illegal.