Kuwait government

Kuwait government

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  Kuwait studies possible retreat from media law

  Kuwait put proposals to impose tough new media laws on hold Thursday after the country's prime minister suggested that objections from press groups ... 

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  Kuwait ex-MP freed to fight emir insult sentence

  A defense lawyer in Kuwait says a former parliament member was granted bail and will remain free while fighting a five-year sentence for a speech ... 

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  Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait

  Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ... 

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  Kuwait opposition leader sentenced to 5 years

  A leader of Kuwait's opposition has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of insulting the emir during a political rally last year, ... 

• Report: Kuwait proposes $1M fine for emir insults

  Kuwait's information minister is defending a proposed media law that reports say could bring fines of about $1 million for insulting the Gulf nation's ... 

• Kuwait jails 2 for offending emir

  Two activists have been jailed in Kuwait for Twitter posts that authorities claimed were offensive to the country's ruler. The sentences are part of ... 

• Kuwait sentences 3 former MPs for emir insults

  Three former Kuwaiti opposition lawmakers were sentenced to three years hard labor Tuesday for insulting the country's ruler in the latest crackdown ... 

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  Gulf rulers take sharper aim at Web dissent

  Something unusual happened on Kuwait's normally boisterous online universe after back-to-back convictions this week for insulting the emir on Twitter: ... 

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  Kuwait's emir digs in against opposition

  Security forces blocked hundreds of protesters from staging a rally outside the parliament building Sunday as Kuwait's emir denounced anti-government ... 

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  Kuwait names new government with no major changes

  Kuwait's ruler has named a new Cabinet that makes no major changes in membership and reinstates the finance minister who resigned earlier this year ... 

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  Kuwait boycott bloc hails lower voter turnout

  Opposition groups in Kuwait hailed their election boycott as a success Sunday after officials said voter turnout on Saturday was sharply lower than ... 

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  Kuwait election boycott shifts drama to streets

  The drama of Kuwait's parliamentary elections has nothing to do with the ballot count. It's what may come afterward that has the country on edge as ... 

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  Divided Kuwait limps toward boycott-hit elections

  The message from Kuwait's emir is blunt heading into this week's parliamentary elections: Opposition factions should express dissent in the ...