Kuwait - Draft amendments to press law threaten press freedom

Reporters Without Borders today urged the Kuwaiti prime minister and parliament not to back amendments to the publications law that it said would pose a threat to freedom of the press. Parliament is due to vote in the next few days, according to the website Alqabas.com, on amendments proposed by the information minister, Sheikh Ahmad Abdallah al-Sabah. “The adoption of these amendments by parliament would gag the Kuwaiti press and would conflict with the determination of the authorities in (...)

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