Court dismisses appeal filed by lawyers for Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, saying their 15-year prison sentences were handed down lawfully
A former top aide to King Abdullah and a royal are found guilty of sedition and incitement in the affair that also entangled the monarch's half-brother
Defendants are accused of conspiring with a senior royal — Prince Hamzah, a half-brother of the king — to foment unrest against the monarch while soliciting foreign help
One narrative suggests those on trial had sought to exploit the king's perceived vulnerability when he was under US pressure to accept the now-defunct Trump Mideast peace plan
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