Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05KUWAIT5122
2005-12-14 09:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:
CRIMINAL COURT AMENDS LIBEL VERDICT AGAINST AL-
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UNCLAS KUWAIT 005122
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/P (GSULLIVAN),NEA/PPD
(CWHITTLESSEY),LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU
SUBJECT: CRIMINAL COURT AMENDS LIBEL VERDICT AGAINST AL-
WATAN
REF: KUWAIT 4999
UNCLAS KUWAIT 005122
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/P (GSULLIVAN),NEA/PPD
(CWHITTLESSEY),LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU
SUBJECT: CRIMINAL COURT AMENDS LIBEL VERDICT AGAINST AL-
WATAN
REF: KUWAIT 4999
1. On December 10, the Kuwaiti Criminal Court amended its
December 3 sentence of Islamist columnist Ahmad Al-Kose and
Shaykh Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, editor-in-chief of
the Arabic daily Al-Watan; the two men were convicted for
publishing a libelous editorial against liberal political
science professor and columnist Dr. Ahmad Al-Baghdadi
(reftel). The court downgraded the sentence from a two-
month suspended jail sentence and a 50KD ($170) fine to just
the 50KD fine. The court also overturned its one-week
suspension of Al-Watan after the daily objected to the
ruling.
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Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access the site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
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LEBARON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/P (GSULLIVAN),NEA/PPD
(CWHITTLESSEY),LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU
SUBJECT: CRIMINAL COURT AMENDS LIBEL VERDICT AGAINST AL-
WATAN
REF: KUWAIT 4999
1. On December 10, the Kuwaiti Criminal Court amended its
December 3 sentence of Islamist columnist Ahmad Al-Kose and
Shaykh Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, editor-in-chief of
the Arabic daily Al-Watan; the two men were convicted for
publishing a libelous editorial against liberal political
science professor and columnist Dr. Ahmad Al-Baghdadi
(reftel). The court downgraded the sentence from a two-
month suspended jail sentence and a 50KD ($170) fine to just
the 50KD fine. The court also overturned its one-week
suspension of Al-Watan after the daily objected to the
ruling.
*********************************************
Visit Kuwait's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/
You can also access the site through the
State Department's Classified SIPRNET website
*********************************************
LEBARON