Kuwait - Six-month prison sentence for newspaper editor

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the six-month prison sentence that a Kuwait City court imposed on Abdul Hussein Al-Sultan, the editor of the pro-Shiite daily Al-Dar, on 12 March. “This sentence, combined with an order suspending the newspaper's publication for three months, in the wake of two other recent suspension orders, demonstrates a pattern of official harassment,” the press freedom organization said, calling for the lifting of the suspension and the dismissal of all (...)

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