Man Freed After 3 Months In Jail For Tweeting
Back in June, we wrote about Nasser Abdul, a Kuwaiti man who was both sued and detained for disparaging tweets he sent against the Baharain and Saudi Arabia ruling families. After more than three months behind bars for his 140-character thoughts, Abdul has finally been freed.
According to a report from Global Voices, Abdul was arrested in June and held in prison for three months, being moved between the state security police and the central jail while his court date was repeatedly postponed.
Finally, after three months of uncertainty, Abdul was sentenced to serve three months in jail for his tweets – a sentence he had already served, and so was released.
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