Kuwait: Journalist detained in Kuwait

Index Number: MDE 17/002/2009
Date Published: 25 November 2009
Categories: Kuwait

Male Kuwaiti journalist, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qader al-Jasem, was detained at a Criminal Investigation office in Kuwait City on 22 November. At a private meeting in October 2009, he criticised the Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Al Sabah. He is a prisoner of conscience.