December 23rd, 2013
05:12 AM ET

American gets 1-year sentence for video

Shezanne Cassim, the American jailed in the United Arab Emirates and accused of threatening national security for a video parody, was sentenced Monday to one year in prison and a 10,000 UAE Dirham fine (approximately $2,700).
The young American living in the United Arab Emirates has been imprisoned since April, his family says, for posting what was intended to be a funny video on the Internet.

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  1. Rachel Maddow

    Oops. Meant "veil" not "vail."
    Thank you.

    December 23, 2013 at 11:07 pm | Report abuse |
  2. chrissy

    Lol.@ Joey "plotting"??? Who knew?

    December 24, 2013 at 3:47 pm | Report abuse |
  3. RUFFNUTT ( D.M.I. ALLIANCE LOGISTICS OFFICER )

    wasn't so funny meow was it...

    December 28, 2013 at 1:12 pm | Report abuse |
  4. MI Snowman

    What was the video about? Anyone know?

    January 6, 2014 at 11:05 am | Report abuse |