Kuwait said it revoked the licences of pro-opposition Al-Youm television and Alam Al-Youm newspaper and ordered them to shut down immediately on Tuesday. The information ministry said in a statement that the licences of the two media outlets had been revoked "for losing some of the terms and conditions for obtaining a licence". "We received a letter from the information ministry stating that the licence of the channel has been revoked and we must stop immediately," a source at the station told AFP, requesting a**nymity. The decision comes a day after the government revoked the citizenship of the owner of the outlets, Ahmad Jabr al-Shemmari, in what appears to be one of the strongest *****downs on dissent in the country in recent years.
07-24-2014, 03:20 PM
Kuwait shuts down pro-opposition TV, newspaper
Kuwait said it revoked the licences of pro-opposition Al-Youm television and Alam Al-Youm newspaper and ordered them to shut down immediately on Tuesday. The information ministry said in a statement that the licences of the two media outlets had been revoked "for losing some of the terms and conditions for obtaining a licence". "We received a letter from the information ministry stating that the licence of the channel has been revoked and we must stop immediately," a source at the station told AFP, requesting a**nymity. The decision comes a day after the government revoked the citizenship of the owner of the outlets, Ahmad Jabr al-Shemmari, in what appears to be one of the strongest *****downs on dissent in the country in recent years.
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