Five acquitted of insulting Kuwait emir
Issue 941
- 21 Feb 2013
| 1 minute read
A Kuwait court has acquitted five online activists charged with insulting the emir, a verdict rights groups hope will help reverse the recent trend of political incarcerations. Muhammad Al-Ajmi, Faris Al-Balhan, Abdul-Aziz Al-Mutairi, Fahd Al-Jufaira and Rashid Al-Anzi were acquitted by the criminal court on 13 February.
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