The Case of Hamad Al-Naqi (Kuwait Twitter Blasphemy Case)
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 29.345072482286373
Longitude: 47.46711730957032
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Kuwait
- Decision Date
- Jun 5, 2012
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Admissible
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Sanctions (Imprisonment and/or Fine)
- Keywords
- Blasphemy
- Freedom of Expression
- Insult to Foreign State
- Insult to Head of State
- National Security
- Penal Code
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Court Name
- Kuwait Criminal Court
- Case Summary
Hamad Al-Naqi, a Kuwaiti Shia blogger, was sentence by a Kuwaiti court to ten years imprisonment for violating Article 15 of the National Security Law and Article 111 of the Penal Code. These charges stem from comments that he posted on Tweeter that criticized the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and insulted the Prophet Muhammed and his followers.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Related Law
- Notes
His case was appealed on July 20, 2014, however, the lower court’s decision and sentence was affirmed. In May of 2018, he was pardoned and released. The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Collection
- SMEX
- Date Updated
- Aug 12, 2024
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