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Qatar jails four election protesters, including three for life

(Corrects throughout to show three sentenced to life in prison, not two)

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar has sentenced four men to prison, including three for life, after they protested a new law that barred some members of their tribe from voting in the country's first legislative elections, court documents showed.

The four men were convicted on Tuesday on several charges including gathering masses to demand changes to laws, disturbing public security, and refusing police orders to leave, according to the documents, seen by Reuters.

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