KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait’s top court on Sunday sentenced three former opposition lawmakers to 20 months in prison for insulting the Western-backed country’s ruler, though they will be allowed to remain free on bail, their lawyer said.

Lawyer Yousif al-Hirbish said the decision overturned an earlier appeals court verdict acquitting the three parliamentarians — Falah al-Sawwagh, Bader al-Dahoum and Khaled al-Tahous. They will be able to avoid prison time by paying 2,000 dinars bail — some $7,000.