Court sentences Rana Jassem al-Sadoun for political criticism during work for Kuwait women’s rights: Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

A Kuwaiti court sentenced a female rights activist to three years in jail after convicting her in absentia of publicly criticising the oil-rich Gulf state’s ruler. The lower court on Sunday convicted Rana Jassem al-Sadoun of repeating parts of a speech made by prominent opposition leader Musallam al-Barrak for which he is serving a two-year jail…