Kuwaiti Tweeters detained

Issue 936 - 22 Nov 2012 | 1 minute read

Four Twitter users in Kuwait have been detained for ten days for insulting the emir, according to local newspapers. Seven people described as opposition sympathisers were arrested on 14 November, and remanded in police custody pending investigation into tweets deemed offensive and critical of Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.

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