Ex-MP Out On Bail
The Public Prosecution released former lawmaker Faisal Al-Muslim on bail after interrogating him on the complaint of National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim who considers his tweets and statements...
January 25, 2022214Category: Crime News
Tweeting Is Like Walking In A Minefield In Kuwait
The more you tweet and post on social media in Kuwait and the Middle East, the more you may face crucial criminal procedures and probably end up in prison, because of the notion of silencing critical ...
July 24, 2021293Category: Opinion
Lawyer Arrested For Posting Offensive Tweets
The Public Prosecution Office has ordered the arrest of a lawyer and remanded him to police custody for 21 days at the Central Prison for posting tweets which the security services deemed offensive an...
February 23, 2020417Category: Crime News
Nafisi Arrest Order Confirmed
The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Mohammad Ghazi Al-Mutairi, ordered the arrest and arraignment of Dr Abdullah Al-Nafisi to answer to the complaints filed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs that ...
January 07, 2020480Category: Crime News
Tweets Hired To Seed Dissent
MP Saleh Ashour said some people are paid to operate accounts on Twitter and that their job is to create confusion, bankruptcy and weaken the system.
He called on all parties to work in the interes...
April 30, 2018546Category: Kuwait
Ministry To Take Action Against Bloggers Posting Harmful Tweets
Kuwait's Ministry of Interior stressed on Monday that it will take legal measures against everybody trying to post tweets on social media networks aiming to underestimate the ministry's achiev...
July 05, 20161142Category: Kuwait
Man Jailed For Posting Offensive Tweets
The Criminal Court chaired by Judge Nayef Al-Dahoum sentenced the captain of a civil aircraft to six months in prison for posting tweets deemed offensive to Muawiyah bin Abi- Sufyan (RA). The accused ...
July 01, 20161118Category: Crime News
Saudi Journalist Jailed Over critical Tweets
A Saudi journalist has been sentenced to five years in prison over tweets deemed insulting to the kingdom’s rulers. Ala’a Brinji, who has reportedly already served two years in prison...
March 26, 20161113Category: Kuwait
