Court Upheld The Decision Of The Lower Court, Kuwaiti Blogger Gets 3 Yrs Jail For Offending Ruler

The Court of Appeals, chaired by Judge Nasser Al Hayed, upheld the decision of the lower court which sentenced a Kuwaiti blogger to three years and two months in prison for offending the Amiri entity on Twitter.

The accused was referred to the court according to the decision of the Public Prosecution that charged him with violating the State Security Law and Misdemeanor Law due to the offensive tweets. In addition, the Court of Appeals set Sept 18, 2019 for issuance of verdict on the case of blogger Abdullah Al-Saleh who was convicted of offending the United Arab Emirates.

The First Instance Court had earlier sentenced Al-Saleh to five years in prison. He is currently out of the country as he escaped. Various Kuwaiti courts previously sentenced Al-Saleh to a total of 31 years imprisonment. Moreover, the Court of Appeals recently held the first hearing on a State security lawsuit filed against a former Imam of a mosque, identified only as HA, for offending a neighboring country. The court adjourned the hearing as per the request of the defendant’s lawyer for reading the lawsuit and obtaining copy of the attached documents. The accused appeared in court where he denied the charges against him.

 

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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