Jail ‘for an opinion’: fears grow for Kuwait media freedom ...Middle East

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KUWAIT CITY: A draft media law in Kuwait that threatens to outlaw criticism of top officials is causing anger in the country long considered to have the highest level of free expression in the Gulf.The bill, proposed by the information ministry, has been condemned by lawmakers as a “violation of democracy” and an attempt to “silence and intimidate” the public.“There should be no prison sentence for an opinion,“ parliamentarian Saud Alasfoor posted on X.Kuwait, one of the world's biggest oil producers, has a lively political scene by the standards of the conservative region, where debate is mostly kept under tight control by its royal families.Although it has the Gulf's most active parliament

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