Kuwaiti writer gets 7 years for sectarian tweets
 

10-04-12 01:22 PM

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti court sentenced a local Sunni Muslim writer to seven years in jail and ordered that he pay nearly $18,000 in compensation after ruling that he had insulted the Gulf state's Shi'ite Muslim minority on Twitter. Related Stories North Korea says ready to launch rocket, prompts warnings India challenges U.S. immigration rules at WTO U.S. suspends Seychelles drone flights ...

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