Attorney General v. Hamad Al-Naqi
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 29.345072482286373
Longitude: 47.46711730957032
- Country Location (Lié Case Law)
- Kuwait
- Decision Date
- 5 juin 2012
- Case Status
- Affaire Résolue
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Admissible
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Criminal Sanctions
- 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
- Court of First Instance
- 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. His case was appealed on July 20, 2014, however, the lower court’s decision and sentence was affirmed.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Related Law
- Source Name and URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Database
- Notes
Official government or legal records of this case are currently unavailable.
- Collection
- SMEX
- Date Updated
- 12 août 2024
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