Kuwait: Journalist jailed
Issue 971
- 06 Jun 2014
| 1 minute read
Kuwait’s appeals court has ordered Ayyad Al-Harbi, who was convicted of insulting the ruling family on Twitter in January 2013, to start serving his two-year sentence. According to the French news agency AFP, the appeals court upheld the lower court’s verdict against Al-Harbi, a journalist with an independent Kuwait-based website, and said his prison term must start immediately, without waiting for any appeal to the Supreme Court. In July 2013, Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah issued a pardon for all those convicted of insulting him – though it seems this did not apply to those who had decided to appeal and therefore had not concluded their legal process.
Don't have an account?
Register for access to our free content
An account also allows you to view selected free articles and set up news alerts.
Register