Document #1009201

BBC News (Author)

Kuwait court cuts writer's jail time for slandering PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12001388

ecoi.net description:
Appeal court reduces one year jail term given to prominent writer and journalist Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem to 3 months for allegedly slandering the prime minister Sheikh Nasser Mohamad al-Ahmad al-Sabah; human rights groups say case is an attack on freedom of expression
Country:
Kuwait
Source:
BBC News (Author)
Published:
15 December 2010
Original link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-12001388
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1009201 (former ID 151209)

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