UAE overturns prison sentence for former Khashoggi attorney
INTERNATIONAL The United Arab Emirates has overturned a three-year prison sentence for US citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who had represented slain Middle East Eye columnist Jamal Khashoggi, one of his lawyers said. Virginia-based Ghafoor had been convicted in absentia in the UAE on murky charges that included money laundering and tax evasion. A court in the UAE lifted the three-year prison term and ordered Ghafoor to pay a $1.36m fine and […]