Veronique Robert, mother of the 15-year-old French-Swiss teen, speaking outside a court in Dubai.
The boy's mother, Veronique Robert, was visibly upset after the sentence was read and promised to appeal.
Robert, a French journalist, brought the case to the media's attention in recent months in an effort to shed light on what she deemed to be injustices in the pro-Western emirate of Dubai.
Robert said Wednesday's sentence was too lenient for a crime that she believes is tantamount to attempted murder because one of her son's attackers was knowingly HIV-positive at the time of the rape.
She refrained from asking the death penalty for her son's attackers, but said she hoped the sentence would be much longer.
A spokesman for the Dubai government, Habib al Mulla, told CNN the sentence was in accordance with international standards and was not lenient.
"Today's verdict has proven that the system is efficient and is fair to all parties involved," al Mulla said.
The case began in July, when the two men, 36 and 18, kidnapped and raped the French teenager at knifepoint.
Robert contacted French diplomats, who took up the allegations with Dubai authorities. Al Mulla said police action was swift and arrests were made within 24 hours.
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