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Two more sentenced for tweets under UAE's cybercrime law

The prison sentences of two Emirati men are the latest chapter in the UAE's crackdown on social media.

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Khalifa Rabeiah, a 35-year-old businessman, was sentenced to five years in prison and $135,000 in fines for statements he made on Twitter. — @binrabeiah

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