KUWAIT CITY, May 12: The Court of Cassation upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeals, which sentenced a blogger known as ‘Salty Cheese’ to two years in prison with hard labor, for publicly challenging the authority and rights of His Highness the Amir. Case files indicate that the defendant was convicted of writing and publishing statements on the ‘X’ platform that defamed and insulted HH the Amir; thereby, undermining HH the Amir’s position and authority. This came after the Public Prosecution charged ‘Salty Cheese’ with challenging the rights and authority of His Highness the Amir in a public forum through the statements published on social media.

In another case, the Court of Cassation upheld the decision of the Court of Appeals to refrain from punishing the tweeter known as ‘Al-Fankoush’, who was charged with disseminating false news on the ‘X’ platform. Earlier, the Criminal Court sentenced ‘Al- Fankoush’ and another defendant residing in London to three years in prison. However, the Court of Appeals later reversed that decision, opting to refrain from imposing a sentence.