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A Kuwaiti court on Monday sentenced a former member of parliament to four years in prison with hard labour after he posted a tweet on X criticising the dissolution of the country’s parliament. Walid Al-Tabtabai was found guilty of “transgressing against the rights and authorities of the Emir of Kuwait”. Kuwaiti Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dissolved the National Assembly on 10 May, only one month after it was elected and before it had even met. He also suspended parts of the constitution. Tabtabai tweeted that this was “unacceptable” and said that other countries had influenced the decision, …

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