12/13/2018 Kuwait activist sentenced for insulting emir | News | Al Jazeera / Female rights activist sentenced in absentia to three years in jail for publicly criticising the state's ruler. A Kuwaiti court sentenced a female rights activist to three years in jail after convicting her in absentia of publicly criticising the oil-rich Gulf state's ruler. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/kuwait-activist-sentenced-insulting-emir-150622074745029.html 1/3