Oman court convicts 30 over coup plot
A security court in Muscat, Oman, today convicted 30 Omanis of plotting to overthrow their government and the sole other defendant on trial of a lesser crime, sentencing them to prison terms ranging from one to 20 years in prison.
The defendants include university professors, civil servants, mosque prayer leaders and Islamic scholars. Six of them were sentenced to 20 years, 12 received 10-year terms and 12 others were sentenced to seven years. One person, convicted only on a charge of illegal possession of automatic weapons, was ordered to spend a year in prison.
