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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Kuwaiti writer gets 7 years for slandering
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Kuwaiti writer gets 7 years for slandering religious minority on Twitter
http://j.mp/HB4JST (ars technica)
"Kuwaiti writer Mohammed Al-Mulaifi was sentenced to seven years of
hard labor in prison yesterday for slander and defamation against the
country's Shi'ite minority on his Twitter account. He said members of
the country's Shi'ite Muslim minority were loyal to foreign countries
due to their alleged foreign origin. He was also fined US$18,000."
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