KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Three former Kuwaiti opposition lawmakers were sentenced to three years hard labor Tuesday for insulting the country’s ruler in the latest crackdown on perceived political dissent in the Gulf nation, a defense lawyer said.
The sentences are part of an escalating backlash from authorities as the oil-rich country faces growing political unrest. Kuwait has the Gulf’s most free-wheeling political system and a vibrant press, but denouncing the Western-backed emir is illegal.
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