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Kuwaiti activist jailed 10 years for petrol bomb tweet | GulfNews.com
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Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday sentenced an opposition activist to ten years in jail for publishing a diagram on Twitter showing how a petrol bomb is made, the court ruling said.

The court convicted Saqr Al Hashash of inciting attacks on policemen, providing training on the manufacture of Molotov cocktails, taking part in an unlicensed protest, and disobeying police orders.

The charges were based on a tweet Al Hashash sent in July showing a diagram on Molotov cocktails which explained how they are made.

The ruling, which can still be appealed, was issued in absentia because he is not currently in Kuwait.

Al Hashash, a young activist, was handed a 20-month jail term in January for allegedly insulting the emirate’s ruler Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah

Après la libération sous caution de Mussallam al Barrak, les juges koweitiens semblent plus cléments

Kuwait blogger Saqr Al Hashash has jail sentence halved | GulfNews.com
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Manama: Kuwait’s court of appeals on Monday slashed a jail sentence against blogger Saqr Al Hashash from two years to one year.
The blogger was given the sentence by the lower court on charges of undermining the status of the Emir in remarks he published on his Twitter account.
The case, brought against him by the state security, included the charge of interfering in the prerogatives of the Emir.

In a separate case, a court adjourned the trial of around 40 defendants, including stateless (Bidoon), to May 27. The suspects were put on trial for holding an unlicenced rally, the authorities said.