State Security Court issues verdicts in five social media cases
Kuwait's State Security and Terrorism Crimes Court has ruled on five cases connected to social media activity. Prison sentences were handed down in four of the cases, while a lawyer was acquitted in the fifth. In the first of these, the court convicted Talal Al-Dabbous and sentenced him to five years in prison with hard labour. The reporting available so far does not lay out the names or the exact charges involving the other defendants. A two-year good-conduct undertaking was also imposed as part of the batch of verdicts. Verdicts from this particular court carry weight because it handles offences with a security dimension. Details of the remaining judgments have yet to be made public.
Kuwait’s State Security and Terrorism Crimes Court has issued verdicts in five cases involving social media activity, handing down prison sentences in four cases while acquitting a lawyer in another and imposing a two-year good-conduct undertaking. In the first case, the court sentenced Talal Al-Dabbous to five years in prison with hard labour after convicting … The post State Security Court issues verdicts in five social media cases appeared first on Times Kuwait .