Kuwait's top
court on Monday upheld a
10-year jail sentence for a Shiite
Twitter user for insulting the Prophet Mohammed and his wife and companions. Hamad al-Naqi, 24, was also charged with insulting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and spreading false news that undermined Kuwait's image abroad, the verdict said. Naqi, a member of Kuwait's Shiite mi**rity, denied the accusations, saying his
Twitter account was hacked. Human Rights Watch strongly criticised the sentence and urged authorities to immediately release him after the appeals
court confirmed the sentence in October last year.
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