Kuwaiti jailed for 10 years for Twitter 'blasphemy'

    Date: 
    5 June 2012

    A court in Kuwait has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for endangering state security by insulting the Prophet Muhammad and the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in messages on Twitter.

    Hamad al-Naqi was also found guilty of mocking Islam and provoking sectarian tensions.