BBC News, 10
June 2013
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| Kuwait has punished several Twitter users in recent months for insulting Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah |
Huda
al-Ajmi, a 37-year-old teacher, has been also convicted of misusing her mobile
phone.
She can
appeal against the sentence.
Kuwait has
punished several Twitter users in recent months for insulting its ruler, Sheikh
Sabah al-Sabah, who is described as "immune and inviolable" in the
constitution.
In May, an
appeals court overturned a five-year sentence for prominent opposition figure
Mussallam al-Barrak who was convicted of "undermining" the ruling
emir, says his defence lawyer.
The former
MP was arrested over remarks he made at a rally in October, urging the emir to
avoid "autocratic" rule in Kuwait. Mr Barrak was handed the sentence
in April, but later freed on bail.
His trial
prompted angry protests and clashes between activists and police.
There has
been a recent clampdown in Kuwait, with activists and MPs being charged with
insulting the emir through comments posted on social networking sites such as
Twitter.
While
Kuwait has not seen the same scale of pro-democracy uprisings as in other Arab
states, there has been growing tension between former MPs and the government,
which is dominated by the Sabah family.
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