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Kuwait: Online activist sentenced for tweeting - Nasser Abul ...
28 September 2011

Online activist, Nasser Abul, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for writing derogatory remarks about Sunni Muslims on his Twitter account. He has already ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/004/2011

Kuwait: Release blogger Nasser Abul, held for 100 days
16 September 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: MDE 17/003/2011. 16 September 2011. Kuwait: Release blogger Nasser Abul, held for 100 days. ...

Public Statement       MDE 17/003/2011

The Wire, August 2011. Special Supplement
1 August 2011

1) Introduction 2) Establishing roots 3) Not giving up 4) On the side of human rights 5) Change and continuity 6) Dangerous work 7) Puncturing the secrecy 8) Power ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2011

Kuwait's candidacy and election to the UN Human Rights Council ...
28 June 2011

In this open letter, written on the occasion of Kuwait's election to UN Human Rights Council on 20 May 2011, Amnesty International takes the opportunity to note ...

Open Letter       MDE 17/002/2011

Kuwaiti arrested for tweeting about protests
15 June 2011

A 26-year-old Kuwaiti, Nasser Abul was arrested on 7 June 2011 and accused of insulting the Bahraini and Saudi Arabian ruling families on his Twitter account. He ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/001/2011

Kuwait urged to investigate police raid on MP's gathering
10 December 2010

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. 10 December 2010. AI Index: MDE 17/007/2010. Kuwait urged to investigate police raid on MP's gathering. ...

Public Statement       MDE 17/007/2010

Kuwait urged to release blogger who criticized Prime Minister ...
26 November 2010

Journalist and lawyer Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader al-Jasem was sentenced to one year in prison this week after he was convicted of criminal defamation.

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The Wire, August/September 2010. Vol. 40, issue 004
1 August 2010

1) Indigenous rights in Brazil: Pushed into poverty 2) LiveWire: Kuwait: The case of Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader al-Jasem; Haiti's displaced people feel neglected by ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/004/2010

Kuwait: Further information: Kuwaiti journalist released on bail ...
5 July 2010

Kuwaiti journalist and blogger Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader al-Jasem, held since 11 May 2010, was released following a court appearance on 28 June. His bail was set at ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/006/2010

Kuwait: Kuwait journalist in detention: Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader al ...
25 June 2010

Kuwaiti journalist and blogger Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader al-Jasem appeared before the Criminal Court in Kuwait on 21 June. The court refused to release him on bail ...

Urgent Action       MDE 17/005/2010