ARABIALINK Daily News – KUWAIT – Excerpts from International Media Reports
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Sister Demands Release of Jailed Kuwaiti Blogger [Jun 3]
“The sister of a prominent Kuwaiti blogger, on trial accused of insulting the head of state, said Thursday the charges against him were political and called for his release. Blogger and journalist Mohammad Abdul-Kader al-Jassem faces up to 18 years’ imprisonment if convicted, according to his lawyers. He was detained on May 11 after a complaint against him was issued by the office of Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. “We demand his release and the dropping of all charges against him,” his sister Sabiha Abdul-Kader al-Jassem told Reuters during a visit to London. “The charges are all political because of his criticism of the government.” She added: “What I want to say to the world is that Mohammad Abdul-Kader al-Jassem is a lawyer and author … and cannot in any way break the law in anything he does or writes. He practised his right, the right we in Kuwait have been used to, freedom of expression, freedom to write, freedom to publish.”..”
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49032620100603
