101.   There was no right of appeal, and it was up to the Provisional Ruling Council to commute or uphold the sentences.

102.   Yalcintas, known for his conservative Islamic views, said convictions and sentences must be upheld by an appeals court before being carried out.

103.   It is now up to the president of the republic to uphold the sentence.

104.   Last April, a federal judge upheld his sentence.

105.   Mahmud Ahmed Allam, whose sentence was also upheld, was jailed for three years for scorning religion.

106.   The court upheld the sentences Tuesday.

107.   The death sentences must be upheld by an appeals court before they are carried out.

108.   The court upheld the sentence but struck out two clauses in the previous decision.