Not that it could mitigate the injustice of it all, but does anyone know exactly what he was supposed to have done?

Hopefully that is not too insensitive a question, but it might help others know what line cannot not be crossed.

I imagine artists would also be concerned about how far they can take their'artistic impressions'?

A pardon seems like the only option now - which raises the question does foreign outrage help, or hinder, that process?

I expect the authorities would like to see him forgotten, rotting away in jail, so I suppose foreign attention could at least keep him in focus, and become a festering sore to the 'image' that is trying to be uphelp to foreigners, but of course they want to send a different 'message' to the local population.

Again, I hope this post is not too insensitive.