The Yemeni appeals court has upheld a death sentence against a Yemeni and sentenced to death another who had been jailed over the 2002 bombing of the French oil tanker Limburg.
Huzam Saleh Mejalli's death sentence, imposed last August, was confirmed, while Fawaz al-Rabei, who had been given a 10-year jail term, was condemned to death. Both were also convicted of killing a policeman.
They are among a group of 15 Yemenis sentenced in August for the Limburg bombing and a series of other attacks.
One Bulgarian crew member was killed and 12 other crew injured when an explosives-laden boat rammed the Limburg as it prepared to enter Ash-Shir port off Yemen's southeastern coast in October 2002.
The court, which convened amid tight security measures, increased jail terms from 10 to 15 years against two convicts, Omar Said Jarallah and Fawzi al-Hababi.
Jail sentences of 10 years were upheld against four others, including one who was tried in absentia.
The court also upheld five-year jail terms against five further men, and the remaining two had their three-year jail terms upheld.
The sentences must be confirmed by Yemen's supreme court while death sentences must also be approved by President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
