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Kuwait jails woman 11 years for anti-emir tweets: verdict

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AFP Kuwait City
A Kuwaiti court jailed a woman for 11 years on Monday for posting remarks on Twitter deemed insulting the emir and calling to overthrow the regime, said the verdict.

Huda al-Ajmi was convicted on three counts of insulting the emir, calling to overthrow the regime and misusing her mobile phone, according to a copy of the lower court ruling.

The director of the Kuwait Society for Human Rights, Mohammad al-Humaidi, confirmed the verdict on Twitter, the popular micro-blogging website.

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First Published: Jun 10 2013 | 8:20 PM IST

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