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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
A man in Kuwait has been sentenced to four years in jail for calling for the overthrow of the Gulf state’s ruler on social media, local media reported. The Twitter user was sentenced to prison with hard labour and fined 1,000 Kuwaiti dinars ($3,301) for defaming the country’s emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah. He was also charged with sedition and possessing a weapon. No further information was given, and it was not clear whether the man is a Kuwaiti national. While Kuwait is considered to be relatively free compared to its Gulf neighbours, insulting the monarchy is criminalised. Others hav…