Kuwait - IFEX http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/ Kuwait en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:33:08 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:33:08 -0700 100 <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti woman sentenced to 11 years in jail for 'insulting' the emir on Twitter ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/06/12/sentenced_because_of_twitter/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:59:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/06/12/sentenced_because_of_twitter/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Dozens of activists, journalists charged for insulting Kuwait's emir]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/04/15/insulting_the_emir/ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:05:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/04/15/insulting_the_emir/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti journalists could be fined a million dollars for criticising the Emir ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/04/11/fined_for_insult/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:30:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/04/11/fined_for_insult/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti reporters charged for reading opposition communiqué on air ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/03/07/information_ministry_complaint/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:01:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/03/07/information_ministry_complaint/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti court acquits activists of 'offending the emir']]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/02/14/activists_acquitted/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:50:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/02/14/activists_acquitted/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti politicians convicted and sentenced for "offending the emir" ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/02/08/kuwait_quash_convictions/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:40:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/02/08/kuwait_quash_convictions/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Gulf rulers intensify repression against rising online activism ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/30/shared_oppression/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:35:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/30/shared_oppression/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Twitter user in Kuwait imprisoned for 'inciting civil disobedience']]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/15/incriminating_tweets/ Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:30:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/15/incriminating_tweets/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti blogger sentenced for insulting ruler on Twitter]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/10/blogger_sentenced/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:00:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/10/blogger_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwait's opposition groups met with force at peaceful protests ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/03/security_forces_attacks/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:45:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2013/01/03/security_forces_attacks/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti Bidun activists released but charges remain]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/30/released_stateless_activists/ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:50:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/30/released_stateless_activists/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwait bans unlicensed peaceful protests]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/25/ban_peaceful_assemblies/ Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:10:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/25/ban_peaceful_assemblies/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaitis protesting election law changes silenced by force]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/19/police_assault/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:50:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/19/police_assault/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti authorities clamp down on stateless activists]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/12/stateless_protesters/ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:55:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/10/12/stateless_protesters/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti TV channel shut down by authorities]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/09/28/kuwait_tv_censor/ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:37:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/09/28/kuwait_tv_censor/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Blogger arrested in Kuwait, accused of defamation]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/09/24/blogger_arrested/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:58:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/09/24/blogger_arrested/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Journalists, activists arrested during Bidun peaceful demonstration]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/07/10/activists_arrested/ Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:30:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/07/10/activists_arrested/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison for criticising neighbouring monarchies]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/06/08/alnaqi_sentenced/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:30:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/06/08/alnaqi_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Blogger sentenced to ten years in prison]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/05/17/alrashidi_sentenced/ Thu, 17 May 2012 12:23:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/05/17/alrashidi_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Television station fined over 1.3 million euros]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/05/04/scopetv_fined/ Fri, 04 May 2012 12:20:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/05/04/scopetv_fined/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Security forces arrest 16 Bidun protesters]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/05/04/bidun_arrests/ Fri, 04 May 2012 08:10:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/05/04/bidun_arrests/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Parliament considers death penalty for insulting God, Prophet]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/04/25/death_for_blasphemy/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:08:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/04/25/death_for_blasphemy/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Authorities urged to reconsider death penalty amendment]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/04/24/death_penalty_amendment/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:10:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/04/24/death_penalty_amendment/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Writer sentenced to seven years' imprisonment]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/04/10/almelify_sentenced/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:12:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/04/10/almelify_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - News website blocked]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/23/al_watan_blocked/ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:53:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/23/al_watan_blocked/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Newspaper editor sentenced to six months' imprisonment]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/15/alsultan_sentenced/ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:45:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/15/alsultan_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Art exhibit raided, gallery closed down]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/08/gallery_raided/ Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:25:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/08/gallery_raided/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Daily suspended for "creating sectarian strife"]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/06/aldar_suspended/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:13:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/06/aldar_suspended/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Writer detained on libel charges]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/06/almelify_charged/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:58:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/03/06/almelify_charged/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Electoral campaign marred by attacks, prosecutions against media]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/02/09/kuwait_vote_campaign/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:25:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/02/09/kuwait_vote_campaign/ <![CDATA[United Arab Emirates - "UAE 5" activist denied entry into Kuwait]]> http://www.ifex.org/united_arab_emirates/2012/02/06/mansoor_denied_entry/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:29:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/united_arab_emirates/2012/02/06/mansoor_denied_entry/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Authorities urged not to deny the Bidun's right to freedom of expression]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/01/16/bidun_free_expression/ Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:42:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2012/01/16/bidun_free_expression/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Bidun residents, media personnel detained following protest]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/12/20/bidun_protest/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:24:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/12/20/bidun_protest/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Short story collection banned]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/12/06/artistic_censorship/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:56:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/12/06/artistic_censorship/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Bloggers investigated for anti-monarchy posts ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/11/10/bloggers_investigated/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:17:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/11/10/bloggers_investigated/ <![CDATA[Bahrain - Governments attack Twitter activists]]> http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/24/twitter_activists_targeted/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:11:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/bahrain/2011/08/24/twitter_activists_targeted/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Call for release of jailed Internet scribes]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/07/13/internet_scribes_jailed/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:47:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/07/13/internet_scribes_jailed/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Blogger detained for criticising Saudi and Bahraini governments on Twitter]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/06/15/abul_detained/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:37:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/06/15/abul_detained/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Dozens injured, arrested in Bidun crackdown]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/02/22/bidun_crackdown/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:50:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/02/22/bidun_crackdown/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Blogger freed after Supreme Court overturns conviction]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/01/25/al_jassem_free/ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:11:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/01/25/al_jassem_free/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Information Ministry orders closure of two newspapers, satellite channel]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/01/10/mubasher_channel_closed/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:27:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2011/01/10/mubasher_channel_closed/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Local Al Jazeera office shut down ]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/12/15/aljazeera_closed/ Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:37:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/12/15/aljazeera_closed/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Popular journalist sentenced to a year in jail]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/12/01/al_jassem_jailed/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:19:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/12/01/al_jassem_jailed/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Journalist sentenced to year in jail; faces more than a dozen cases]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/11/23/al-jassim_sentenced/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:53:00 -0800 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/11/23/al-jassim_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - TV station owner facing possible death penalty over comedy programme that parodied MPs]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/10/20/al-saeed_charges/ Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:34:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/10/20/al-saeed_charges/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Thirty-five books banned from Kuwaiti Book Fair]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/09/24/books_banned/ Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:08:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/09/24/books_banned/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Kuwaiti PM starts legal proceedings against Egyptian editor]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/07/28/pm_complaint/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:08:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/07/28/pm_complaint/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Journalist acquitted; activist released]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/07/13/charges_dropped/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:14:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/07/13/charges_dropped/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Political activist fined, sentenced to three months in jail]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/07/02/alfadala_sentenced/ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:27:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/07/02/alfadala_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Kuwait - Journalist released on bail, CPJ calls on authorities to drop charges]]> http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/06/30/al_jassem_on_bail/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:43:00 -0700 http://www.ifex.org/kuwait/2010/06/30/al_jassem_on_bail/