4 April 2013

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Kuwaiti Twitter User Jailed for Insulting Emir

  4 April 2013

Insult the Emir on Twitter and go to jail: Hamid Al Khalidi has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the Emir of Kuwait on Twitter. His attorneys plan to appeal his case to a higher court next week.

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