The Omani Penal Code

The Omani Passport Act

Oman3D interviews Hani Macki, an Omani documentary photographer.

The sentence, was caused an international outcry, also includes a 1 million Saudi Riyal fine (roughly US dollars 260,000).

Omani blogger Sleepless in Muscat has launched two new blogs.

The riyal was a silver coin the same weight as the Ottoman 20 kuruş coin but was minted in .917 fineness rather than .830 fineness.

Meanwhile, Omani blogger Sleepless in Muscat has discovered another Hatebook site. He writes

In the event of disparity between Omani law and the law of the place where the offence took place, the Omani judge may take such disparity into consideration in the interest of the defendant.

Article 12 Omani law shall apply to any alien, whether a perpetrator, an instigator or an accomplice, who commits a felony or a misdemeanour outside the country that is punishable under Omani law and not provided for under articles 8, 10 and 11 of this Act and who is found in Omani territory after the act has been committed.

(d) Forges a card or any certificate issued by the Directorate General or Omani missions

1.14 The jurisdiction of the Omani courts to consider any act committed outside the Sultanate by a foreign national who is in Oman is provided for in article 12 of the Omani Penal Code, which stipulates the following

On 3 May, Omani authorities blocked access to the independent online magazine Mowatin (Arabic for 'citizen').

Omani blogger Muscati is back to wearing glasses, after the effects of his Lasek operation wore off!

There were now four women ministers in the Government and two women ambassadors in the Omani diplomatic service.

Omani blogger Sleepless in Muscat hopes all Islamic countries will mark the beginning of Ramadhan on the same day.

Despite the court's decision to lift the ban on Azamn, the Omani government has continued to target the newspaper.

It is eaten at any meal, typically served with Omani honey for breakfast or crumbled over curry for dinner.

Yet others say it has a direct connection with Portugal, which colonized the Omani coastline for nearly two centuries.

At the community level, however, such issues were dealt with by Omani women's associations and local community development centres.

Of the total, 202 are Kuwaiti, 6 Saudi, 2 Lebanese, 1 Egyptian, 1 Omani, 3 Iranian and 12 stateless.

The Omani Navy had one 2,500 ton Nasr al Bahr class LSL (240 troops, 7 tanks) with a helicopter deck.

The company is now seeking to try to apply this system in the Omani capital Muscat and some parts of India.

With the encouragement and support from the Government, Omani women now had equal access to health, education and employment as men.

They were a vital building block of the modern Omani State and would continue to play an increasingly important role in that society.

On the labour front, Omani women were legally entitled to pursue the career of their choice and were active participants in social development policies.

The magazine's journalists were subjected to pressures and harassment from Omani authorities, in particular the Internal Security Services (ISS), the country's national security intelligence agency.

Ms. Al Saleh (Oman) said that Omani women enjoyed a wide range of civil and political freedoms founded on Islamic sharia law and civil law.

The blocking decision is the latest in a series of repressive measures taken by Omani authorities as part of the country's broader crackdown on independent media.

It has now been more than a year since Omani authorities closed the independent Arabic language newspaper Azamn over its coverage of corruption in the Sultanate.

Assisted by Omani Arabs, the indigenous coastal dwellers succeeded in driving the Portuguese from the area north of the Ruvuma River by the early 18th century.

attention because of the blocking of the magazine's website inside the Omani Sultanate, we advise our readers to use a VPN to be able to access the website

Omani blogger Muscati talks about the recent elections in the Oman public advisory board (Shura Council), how no women got elected, and how ethnicity played a role in voting.

Omani Wadhha AlBusaidi then commented on Ahmed El Mueini's post اول مرة اسمع عنه ، وان دل على شيء فإنما هو يدل عن جهلي بالأدب العالمي God bless his soul.

I used to pay for their phone cards. Of course one informer later became one of the most famous Omani bloggers, after she decided to start her own blog.

Omani OmanLover suggests airing the appeal to the verdict, when it happens live on Qatar's Al Jazeera, which comes under constant criticism for not covering negative stories on Qatar.

Launched in June 2013, Mowatin is an independent Omani magazine that covers a variety of topics in Oman and the Arabian Gulf including politics, human rights and the economy.

In 2005 the laws and other measures had established a protective legal environment for Omani women, setting national standards in accordance with international treaties and conventions to which Oman was a State party.

By continuing to close Azamn and imprison its journalist Al Haj, it seems that Omani authorities are still unwilling to put an end to the broader crackdown on press freedom. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) urges the authorities in Oman to

1.1 The Sultanate has taken note of the comment of the Counter Terrorism Committee to the effect that the provision of article 132 of the Omani Penal Code does not implement subparagraph 1 (b) of resolution 1373 (2001). The attention of the competent authorities will accordingly be directed to addressing this matter.

Article 41 Without prejudice to any heavier penalty prescribed under the Omani Penal Code or any other law, the penalty of imprisonment of not less than one month and not more than three years, together with a fine of not less than 100 riyals and not more than 500 riyals, shall be imposed on