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6 February 2012

Kuwait: Ahmad Mansoor, a UAE blogger denied entry

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment

Ahmad Mansoor, UAE's most famous blogger who was detained last year for several months with four other activists for signing an online petition calling for reforms in his country, was...

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4 November 2011

Kuwait: More Twitter Users Arrested

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment

2011 has been the year of defeat for online free speech in Kuwait as netizens have never been harassed as often as they have been in the past few months....

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28 September 2011

Kuwait: Three Netizens Detained

Written by Mona Kareem · Arrest and Harassment

Kuwait does not have a history of detaining citizens for expressing their views online; the first arrest case in relevance to the internet happened to Bashar Al-Sayegh (@balsayegh) a Kuwaiti...

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24 September 2008

News about YouTube being blocked in Kuwait hit the headlines yesterday, with bloggers frustrated over what they described as yet another intrusion on freedom of speech in their country. The ban has since been lifted. Here's a cross-section of reactions from Kuwait.

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22 September 2008

Kuwait to block Youtube over anti-Muslim videos

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Advocacy, law

Update: YouTube Ban Lifted. The Kuwait Ministry of Communications has issued an order to local ISPs denying access to Youtube due to video content considered offensive to Muslims and Islam.

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30 July 2008

No to Kuwait's New Internet Law

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Advocacy, law

Kuwaiti bloggers are angry at a proposed new Internet Law, which they claim would make their days as free bloggers numbered, after Attorney General Hamad Al Othman announced that a new law dealing with Internet crimes will be issued soon. Abdullatif Al Omar takes a closer look at the Kuwaiti blogosphere and their reactions to the impending law.

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21 August 2007

Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh released!

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Kuwait

It has been reported that Bashar Al-Sayegh, the Kuwaiti blogger who has been arrested earlier this week for comment posted by an anonymous on his forum, has been released.

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