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Kuwaiti opposition protests jailing three ex-MPs

AFP

Thousands of Kuwaitis demonstrated Tuesday after a court sentenced three former MPs to three years in jail for insulting the emir, in a ruling the opposition described as “political”. Falah al-Sawwagh, Khaled al-Tahus and Bader al-Dahum were convicted of undermining the status of Emir Sheikh Sabah

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