Kuwait says backs free speech but must protect ruling emir
 

04-02-13 06:24 PM

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait supports free speech but must act against illegal comments made about the Gulf state's ruler, the government said on Monday, after a Twitter user was jailed for five years. A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to prison on Sunday for insulting the emir on the social networking site, a rights lawyer and news websites said, in the latest prosecution for criticism of ...

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