Kuwait Opposition Leader Imprisoned

Kuwait’s appeals court sentenced prominent opposition leader Musallam al-Barrak to two years in jail on Sunday on charges of insulting the Gulf state’s ruler, his group said. The charges relate to a speech he gave to tens of thousands of demonstrators in October 2012 protesting changes to the electoral law which he said would allow the…

Kuwait (dpa) – A Kuwaiti appeals court on Sunday sentenced prominent opposition leader Musallam al-Barrak to two years imprisonment with hard labour for insulting the emir of the Gulf state. The former member of parliament was convicted over remarks he made at a 2012 rally against a controversial election law. He had said at the time:…