Cassim is the first foreigner arrested under tougher measures governing internet use in the United Arab Emirates, according to the Emirates Center for Human Rights By Alexandra Klausner PUBLISHED: 11:31 EST, 23 December 2013 | UPDATED: 11:36 EST, 23 December 2013 An American man jailed in the United Arab Emirates for posting a video parody on Youtube was sentenced today to one year in prison and fined $2,700  or 10,00 dirham for 'endangering national security.' Shezanne 'Shez' Cassim, 29, was arrested in April and charged with violating a 2012 cyber crime law after posting a 19 minute video that mocks Dubai teenagers who are influenced by hip hop culture. The video is set at a 'combat school' where gangsters from the suburb of Satwa learn to use their clothing accessories as whips and are advised to throw sandals at their targets. After Cassim's arrest, he was moved to a maximum security prison in Ahu Dhabi in June and since then, comedians like Will Ferrell, Adam Mckay, and the rest of the team behind the website Funny or Die have been rallying for Cassim's release. Despite their video urging the United Aram Emirites to Free Shez, the man will spend time behind bars.
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Shezanne 'Shez' Cassim, 29, was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of $2, 700 or 10,000 dirham
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The comedian created a video called 'Satwa Combat School' that parodied suburban gangster culture and that the UEA deemed a 'threat to national security'
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Cassim was arrested in June and since then comedians like Will Ferrel and Adam Mckay has been rallying for the young man's release
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Two other actors in the video were given similar sentences to Cassim
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Cassim is the first foreigner arrested under tougher measures governing internet use in the United Arab Emirates, according to the Emirates Center for Human Rights
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