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Kuwaiti courts yesterday kept two leading activists detained on charges of undermining HH the Amir and premier, a day ahead of a crucial showdown between opposition MPs and the government. The criminal court extended the detention of Obaid Al-Wasmi,
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A Kuwaiti writer serving a one-year jail term for allegedly slandering the Prime Minister was rushed to a hospital for heart surgery yesterday, his daughter said. "My father was brought to the (public) Chest Hospital today. He is due to undergo
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Several members of the National Assembly yesterday criticized the government for the rapid imprisonment of recently convicted writer Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jassem, pointing out that it had failed to implement similar rulings issued some years ago.
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The opposition Popular Action Bloc (PAB) yesterday said it is likely to include perceived violations in the sale of a controlling stake in Zain telecom in a planned grilling of Finance Minister Mustafa Al-Shamali as the Bloc sent questions on the
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Kuwait's criminal court yesterday rejected demands by defence lawyers to release prominent writer Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jassem who has been behind bars for more than 40 days, his lawyer said. "The court rejected our demands and set the next hearing
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The opposition Popular Action Bloc yesterday succeeded in convincing its member MP Khaled Al-Tahous to postpone filing a request to grill the prime minister over pollution at Umm Al-Haiman, but issued a 10-day ultimatum to file the grilling request.
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Kuwait's general prosecutor ordered that ailing writer Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jassem be detained for 21 days on charges of instigating to overthrow the regime, his lawyer and family said yesterday. They said the health condition of the top Kuwaiti
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Kuwait's public prosecution yesterday extended the detention of a journalist accused of slandering the prime minister until after the Eid Al-Adha holidays, his family said. In a statement posted on Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jassem's blog, his family
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