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HRW urges Kuwait to drop charges of ‘offending emir’

AFP

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Kuwait to drop charges against people accused of offending the emir, a day after a former MP was handed a jail term for insulting the Gulf state’s ruler. “The Kuwaiti authorities should drop criminal charges against dozens of online activists, journalists, and politicians…