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{{short description|Kuwaiti online activist}} |
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'''Nasser Abul''' is a [[Kuwait]]i online activist.<ref name="FP">{{cite magazine|url=http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/08/24/in_kuwait_jailed_for_tweeting?hidecomments=yes|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123144247/http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/08/24/in_kuwait_jailed_for_tweeting?hidecomments=yes|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2013|title=Jailed for tweeting in Kuwait|author=Priyanka Motaparthy|date=24 August 2011|magazine=[[Foreign Policy]]|accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref> On 7 July 2011, he was imprisoned by the [[government of Kuwait]] on state security charges, following a series of [[Twitter|tweets]] in support of [[2011–2012 Bahraini uprising|Arab Spring protesters]] in [[Bahrain]].<ref name="AI">{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde17/001/2011/en/ |title=Kuwaiti Arrested for Tweeting About Protests |author= |date=15 June 2011 |work= |publisher=[[Amnesty International]] |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2011/jun/24/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live |title=Syria, Libya and Middle East unrest - Friday 24 June 2011 |author=Matthew Weaver and Paul Owen |date=24 June 2011 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref> Sheikh Abdullah Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Fateh Al Khalifa of Bahrain's ruling [[Al Khalifa family]] thanked the Kuwaiti government for Abul's arrest and also announced his intention to file a private libel suit against Abul.<ref name="FP" /> |
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Following his arrest, Abul stated that the most inflammatory tweets on his account had been posted by hackers, and that when he became aware of the tweets, he had deleted them with his [[iPhone]].<ref name="AT">{{cite news |url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/173998/reftab/69/Default.aspx|title=Release Twitter activist Nasser Abul: Al-Duwaisan |author=Nihal Sharaf |date=19 September 2011 |newspaper=The Arab Times |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref> Abul has alleged that he was beaten and subjected to [[sleep deprivation]] in the first two days of his detention; according to his lawyer, Abul was also denied counsel for several hearings.<ref name="HRW" /> One week after his arrest, [[Amnesty International]] named him a [[prisoner of conscience]] and called for his immediate release.<ref name="AI" /> [[Human Rights Watch]] also demanded that the charges against him be dropped, with a representative stating that "Kuwait has sunk to a new low by arresting people just for posting criticism of governments on the internet."<ref name="HRW">{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/13/kuwait-release-jailed-internet-scribes |title=Kuwait: Release Jailed Internet Scribes |author=|date=13 July 2011 |work= |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref> On 19 September, Kuwaiti [[National Assembly of Kuwait|MP]] Faisal Al-Duwaisan, Chairman of the Human Rights Committee, requested Abul's release, calling it "a shame to taint Kuwait’s human rights history".<ref name="AT" /> |
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On 27 September 2011, Abul was released from Kuwait Central Prison.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isavelives.be/en/node/7994 |title=Urgent action (follow up) : Kuwait. Online activist Nasser Abul sentenced for tweeting. |date=29 September 2011 |publisher=Amnesty International |accessdate=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120906122124/http://www.isavelives.be/en/node/7994 |archivedate=6 September 2012 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Hamad al-Naqi]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Authority control}} |
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[[Category:Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Kuwait]] |
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[[Category:Kuwaiti activists]] |
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