Five years in jail for tweet about Mohammed

A Twitter user in Kuwait has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of insulting the prophet Mohammed.

Five years in jail for tweet about Mohammed
Mon, 18 Nov, 2013 - 12:29

A Twitter user in Kuwait has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of insulting the prophet Mohammed.

Musaab Shamsah was arrested after the tweet was interpreted as endorsing Shiite beliefs in the Sunni-majority country.

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