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June 7, 2012
A Kuwait court convicted a man to 10 years in prison for messages posted on Twitter that were deemed "insulting" to heads of state and religious figures.
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May 3, 2012
Thirteen activists and a journalist arrested by Kuwait’s security forces during an apparently peaceful protest by members of the stateless Bidun minority are still detained.
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April 17, 2012
Legislators in Kuwait are due to vote on draft legislation that would make blasphemy a crime punishable by death.
Victory
March 15, 2012
Kuwaiti teenager Ali Feifel Sahad al-Ali was released on 14 March 2012, after he was sentenced to one month in prison. He returned to Kuwait with his family the same day.
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