04/11/2025
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04/11/2025
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KUWAIT CITY, Nov 4: The Court of Appeals upheld the verdict of the Criminal Court, which sentenced a former female parliamentary candidate to five years in prison with hard labor and a fine of KD 5,000 after convicting her of insulting a former MP through posts on Instagram and WhatsApp. The court also ordered the deletion and suspension of the defendant’s Instagram account for one year, the destruction of photos, statements, and videos related to the case, the confiscation of the phone used in the offense, and the closure and removal of the platforms and websites she used to circulate the insults. In addition, the court ordered the defendant to pay KD 5,001 in provisional compensation to the plaintiff, after determining that she had intentionally published offensive statements and images that harmed his reputation.
By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff
