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From the Communiqué

24 August 2011

Governments attack Twitter activists

Egyptian activist Asmaa Mahfouz faces a military investigation for her comments on Twitter and Facebook The governments of at least three Arab countries - Egypt, Bahrain and Kuwait - have launched investigations into or prosecuted Twitter activists, provoking other countries in the region to follow suit, reports the Arabic Network of Human Rights Information (ANHRI).
1 December 2010

Popular journalist sentenced to a year in jail

Kuwaiti journalist Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem A Kuwaiti journalist and blogger has been slapped with a one-year prison sentence for defamation - one of 18 charges the government has filed against him in the past year, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

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Campaigns and Advocacy

21 June 2010

CPJ protests journalist's ongoing detention

In an open letter to the Emir of Kuwait, CPJ expresses concern about the extrajudicial detention of prominent journalist Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem.



Reports

16 April 2008

Annual Report 2008: The Gulf states

28 February 2008

Freedom of the Press 2007: Kuwait




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Alerts

Electoral campaign marred by attacks, prosecutions against media 9 February 2012 "UAE 5" activist denied entry into Kuwait 6 February 2012 Authorities urged not to deny the Bidun's right to freedom of expression 16 January 2012 Bidun residents, media personnel detained following protest 20 December 2011 Short story collection banned 6 December 2011 Bloggers investigated for anti-monarchy posts 10 November 2011 Call for release of jailed Internet scribes 13 July 2011 Blogger detained for criticising Saudi and Bahraini governments on Twitter 15 June 2011 Dozens injured, arrested in Bidun crackdown 22 February 2011 Blogger freed after Supreme Court overturns conviction 25 January 2011 Information Ministry orders closure of two newspapers, satellite channel 10 January 2011 Local Al Jazeera office shut down 15 December 2010 Journalist sentenced to year in jail; faces more than a dozen cases 23 November 2010 TV station owner facing possible death penalty over comedy programme that parodied MPs 20 October 2010 Thirty-five books banned from Kuwaiti Book Fair 24 September 2010 Kuwaiti PM starts legal proceedings against Egyptian editor 28 July 2010 Journalist acquitted; activist released 13 July 2010 Political activist fined, sentenced to three months in jail 2 July 2010 Journalist released on bail, CPJ calls on authorities to drop charges 30 June 2010 Critical journalist ordered detained for 21 days 21 May 2010 Journalist goes on hunger strike to protest harassment by authorities 14 May 2010 Media prevented from covering dismantling of Iranian spy ring 11 May 2010 State Security arrests, deports Egyptian opposition supporters 13 April 2010 Journalist gets six-month jail term in continuing judicial harassment 5 April 2010 Courts fine member of parliament, journalist and two newspapers for articles critical of the prime minister 10 March 2010 See all alerts: Kuwait
 
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