Case Against A Twitter User Adjourned

The Criminal Court adjourned to March 19 the case filed against a Twitter user Abdullah Al-Hadlaq who is being accused of insulting Imam Ali bin Abi Talib. During the court session, Lawyer Ali Al-Ali demanded temporary compensation worth KD 5,001, stressing that Al-Hadlaq violated Article 1 of law No. 19/2012 on national unity as well as articles 209 and 210 of the Penal Code, and Article 1 of law No. 9/2001 on misuse of phones. Earlier, the Public Prosecution had charged Al-Hadlaq on the aforementioned allegations after he uploaded two posts on his Twitter account in which he sarcastically wrote about Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib and provoked disputes between Sunni and Shiite sects.

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