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| Kuwait arrests online activists for criticising deceased Saudi king |
| 2015-01-30 |
| [DAWN] Kuwait authorities have detained several online activists allegedly for comments deemed offensive to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's late King Abdullah, a rights group and activists said Thursday. Secret police late Wednesday nabbed Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! prominent rights and online activist Mohammad al-Ajmi outside his home for "unknown reasons," the National Committee for Monitoring Violations, an independent rights group of which Ajmi is a member, said on its Twitter account. Online activists and former MPs said on Twitter that Ajmi was being held for questioning over Tweets he made on Saudi Arabia. Nawaf al-Hendal, a leading rights activist, said at least four others were tossed into the calaboose by state security for tweets deemed offensive to King Abdullah who died on Friday. Hendal, currently in Geneva, also said on his Twitter account that arrest warrants have been issued against him and five other tweeters for the same reason. |
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