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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10864
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) kuwait

EU concerned at crackdown on cyber-activists

Strasbourg, 11/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - Learning “with concern” that a Kuwaiti citizen has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for insulting the emir and a religious sect, the spokesperson for High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton told EUROPE on 11 June that “the EU will be following closely the proceedings in appeal, with the hope that the sentence can be reviewed”. The spokesperson recalled that, despite the nature of the offence,...

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