`` Our system gives people freedom to express themselves , '' the attorney said . Muhammed ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami was jailed in November 2011 . His `` Jasmine Poem '' was critical of Persian Gulf governments . He was arrested over a passage critical of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani . The poem is still banned from being read publicly, but it has been widely circulated on the Internet and translated into Arabic.
Muhammed ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami was jailed in November 2011 . His `` Jasmine Poem '' was critical of Persian Gulf governments . He was arrested over a passage critical of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani . The poem is still banned from being read publicly, but it has been widely circulated on the Internet and translated into Arabic.