28/07/2025
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28/07/2025
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KUWAIT CITY, July 28: The Criminal Court has sentenced a (Kuwaiti citizen )social media user to six years in prison with hard labor for insulting the Amir and misusing his mobile phone via a tweet posted on his account on the platform “X” (formerly Twitter).
The court found the accused guilty on three charges of association, handing him a five-year prison term with hard labor, along with an order to close his social media account for one year and place him under police surveillance for five years following the completion of his sentence. His mobile phone, used in the offense, has also been confiscated.
On a separate fourth charge, the court sentenced him to an additional year in prison with hard labor, and imposed a fine of 5,000 Kuwaiti dinars.
The ruling is part of Kuwait’s continued enforcement of laws regulating digital conduct, defamation, and national security.
