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Arab News - 08 July, 2014

A Kuwaiti court freed prominent opposition leader Mussallam Al-Barrak on Monday after police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a fifth straight night of demonstrations demanding his release.

Judge Ahmad Al-Athari said he was releasing Barrak on a bail of 5,000 dinars ($ 17,800), triggering jubilation among supporters of the former MP in the small, jampacked courtroom.

The public prosecutor had ordered Barrak be detained for 10 days on Wednesday on charges of insulting the supreme judicial council and slandering its chairman Faisal Al-Marshed in a speech he delivered at a public rally last month.

“Oh Mussallam, you are the conscience of the whole nation,” shouted the crowd of supporters after the judge ordered his release.

En mai 2003, le député koweitien Mussallam al-Barrak (opposant aujourd’hui détenu) promet des œufs pourris à Rafic Hariri qu’il accuse de s’opposer à l’invasion américaine de l’Irak : Lawmakers say Lebanese prime minister not welcome in Kuwait
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Lebanon’s prime minister is unwelcome in Kuwait and should be pelted with eggs for backing Saddam Hussein’s toppled regime and offering little support for Kuwait, two lawmakers said Sunday. Rafik Hariri is expected to arrive Monday on a fence mending visit to this oil-rich state.

“This is what you are worth Hariri,... a rotten egg from the Kuwaiti people,” Musallam al-Barrak, a Kuwaiti parliamentarian told reporters, carrying an egg in his hand for emphasis.

Kuwaiti protesters call for release of opposition leader
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Supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former parliament member Mussallam al-Barrak (portrait) demonstrate late on July 2, 2014 in #Kuwait City, after Kuwait’s public prosecutor ordered Barrak to be held in custody for 10 days for alleged slander and insults to the supreme judicial council. (Photo: AFP - Yasser al-Zayyat)

Kuwaiti police fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse an opposition rally demanding the release of prominent dissident Mussallam al-Barrak, activists said on Thursday. The public prosecutor on Wednesday ordered Barrak, a former MP, to be held for 10 days after he was questioned for allegedly insulting the judiciary. Thousands of people gathered at Barrak’s residence southwest of Kuwait City on Wednesday night and marched on the (...)

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#Kuwait opposition leader in custody for “insulting” judges
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Kuwait’s public prosecutor on Wednesday ordered opposition leader #Mussallam_al-Barrak to be held in custody after he was questioned for allegedly insulting the judiciary, his lawyer said. “The public prosecutor decided to detain him pending further questioning later today,” Humoud al-Hajeri wrote on Twitter after Barrak was questioned for several hours overnight. Mohammed al-Jassem, another lawyer for the former MP, said his client was questioned for alleged slander and insults to the supreme judicial council and its chairman, #Faisal_al-Marshed. read more

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Un leader de l’opposition condamné au Koweit
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Un chef de l’opposition koweïtienne, l’ancien député Mussallam Al-Barrak, un nationaliste, a été condamné, lundi 15 avril, à cinq ans de prison ferme pour diffamation à l’encontre du chef de l’Etat, cheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. L’opposition avait annoncé qu’elle organiserait des manifestations si M. Barrak était emprisonné.
Le verdict a été prononcé par le juge Waël Al-Atiqi, président d’un tribunal de première instance qui a ordonné l’incarcération immédiate de l’ex-député.

M. Barrak est le premier homme politique à être condamné à la prison ferme dans les affaires de diffamation à l’encontre de l’émir du Koweït.

Plusieurs jeunes opposants jugés pour des propos tenus sur les réseaux sociaux, notamment Twitter, ont été condamnés avant lui à différentes peines de prison pour le même motif. M. Barrak a été poursuivi pour ceux qu’il avait proférés le 5 octobre, lors d’une meeting politique, et qui ont été jugés offensants pour l’émir. Il a été condamné à la peine maximale prévue par la loi. L’un des avocats de M. Barrak a dénoncé le verdict et a annoncé l’intention d’interjeter appel.

Koweït : manifestations contre un verdict
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Des milliers de Koweïtiens ont manifesté hier soir pour protester contre le verdict rendu par la justice contre un chef de l’opposition, Mussallam al-Barrak, condamné à 5 ans de prison ferme pour diffamation à l’encontre de l’émir. Quelque 10.000 personnes se sont rassemblées devant la résidence de M. Barrak au sud-est de la capitale et ont marché en direction de la prison où l’opposant devrait être incarcéré, perturbant la circulation sur une autoroute sans aucune intervention de la police.