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menu-item-object-location menu-item-98978"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/afghanistan/" id="menu-link-312">Afghanistan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98979"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/australia/" id="menu-link-313">Australia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98980"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/bangladesh/" id="menu-link-314">Bangladesh</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98981"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/brunei/" id="menu-link-315">Brunei</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98982"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/cambodia/" id="menu-link-316">Cambodia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98983"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/china/" id="menu-link-317">China</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy 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id="menu-link-358">Denmark</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99025"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/finland/" id="menu-link-359">Finland</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99026"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/france/" id="menu-link-360">France</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99027"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/georgia/" id="menu-link-361">Georgia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99028"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/germany/" id="menu-link-362">Germany</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99029"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/greece/" id="menu-link-363">Greece</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99030"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/hungary/" 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prosecution"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/afp_kuwait_06-24-2022.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2022/06/kuwait-withdraws-licenses-of-90-news-websites-refers-73-outlets-for-prosecution/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Kuwait withdraws licenses of 90 news websites, refers 73 outlets for prosecution"></a> <h3>Kuwait withdraws licenses of 90 news websites, refers 73 outlets for prosecution</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-06-24T10:45:45-04:00">June 24, 2022 10:45 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Washington, D.C., June 24, 2022 – Kuwaiti authorities should restore the licenses recently withdrawn from dozens of news websites, and should ensure that media outlets are not prosecuted for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On Wednesday, June 22, the Kuwaiti Information Ministry announced that over the last two weeks it had…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2022/06/kuwait-withdraws-licenses-of-90-news-websites-refers-73-outlets-for-prosecution/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="77642" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/features-and-analysis/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid77642" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Features & Analysis</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/01/ten-years-after-arab-spring-media-threats-press-freedom-trends/" title="Ten years after the Arab Spring, the region’s media faces grave threats. Here are the top press freedom trends"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RTX7BJV0.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/01/ten-years-after-arab-spring-media-threats-press-freedom-trends/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Ten years after the Arab Spring, the region’s media faces grave threats. Here are the top press freedom trends"></a> <h3>Ten years after the Arab Spring, the region’s media faces grave threats. Here are the top press freedom trends</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-01-21T10:03:08-05:00">January 21, 2021 10:03 AM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>In early February 2011, Alaa Abdelfattah was in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, documenting and participating in the nascent pro-democracy uprising that would topple the government and transform the country and the region. Today, he is in prison on anti-state and false news charges, which his family believes are partly retaliatory for his work. Abdelfattah is one of…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2021/01/ten-years-after-arab-spring-media-threats-press-freedom-trends/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="54194" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/cases/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid54194" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Case</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2020/08/kuwaiti-authorities-detain-blogger-mohamed-al-ajmi-for-insulting-religion-in-tweets/" title="Kuwaiti authorities detain blogger Mohamed al-Ajmi for ‘insulting religion’ in tweets"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/afp_kuwait_08-27-2020.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2020/08/kuwaiti-authorities-detain-blogger-mohamed-al-ajmi-for-insulting-religion-in-tweets/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Kuwaiti authorities detain blogger Mohamed al-Ajmi for ‘insulting religion’ in tweets"></a> <h3>Kuwaiti authorities detain blogger Mohamed al-Ajmi for ‘insulting religion’ in tweets</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-08-27T14:00:50-04:00">August 27, 2020 2:00 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>On August 23, 2020, the Kuwaiti public prosecutor’s office ordered the detention of Mohamed al-Ajmi, a blogger and member of the Kuwaiti freedom of expression group the National Committee for Monitoring Violations, and held him until August 25, according to news reports, social media posts by the journalist, and a report by the Arabic Network…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2020/08/kuwaiti-authorities-detain-blogger-mohamed-al-ajmi-for-insulting-religion-in-tweets/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="31807" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid31807" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2018/01/kuwaiti-authorities-sentence-local-journalist-in-a/" title="Kuwaiti authorities sentence local journalist in absentia to five years hard labor"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RT-Saudi20Planes.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Aircrafts perform during an airshow in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 11, 2018. A Kuwaiti national security court on December 25, 2017, found journalist Abdullah al-Saleh guilty in absentia of" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RT-Saudi20Planes.jpg 750w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RT-Saudi20Planes.jpg?resize=300,192 300w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RT-Saudi20Planes.jpg?resize=570,365 570w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RT-Saudi20Planes.jpg?resize=652,417 652w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2018/01/kuwaiti-authorities-sentence-local-journalist-in-a/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Kuwaiti authorities sentence local journalist in absentia to five years hard labor"></a> <h3>Kuwaiti authorities sentence local journalist in absentia to five years hard labor</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2018-01-12T15:39:12-05:00">January 12, 2018 3:39 PM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>New York, January 12, 2018–Kuwaiti authorities should allow independent journalist Abdullah al-Saleh to return to Kuwait without fear of imprisonment or reprisal for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A Kuwaiti national security court on December 25, 2017, found al-Saleh, a YouTube reporter and former columnist for the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jareeda, guilty…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2018/01/kuwaiti-authorities-sentence-local-journalist-in-a/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="27857" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/reports/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid27857" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Reports</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/reports/2015/12/china-egypt-imprison-record-numbers-of-journalists-jail/" class="cpj--module--link" title="China, Egypt imprison record numbers of journalists"></a> <h3>China, Egypt imprison record numbers of journalists</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-12-15T00:01:45-05:00">December 15, 2015 12:01 AM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Egypt is second only to China as the world’s worst jailer of journalists in 2015. Worldwide, the number of journalists behind bars for their work declined moderately during the year, but a handful of countries continue to use systematic imprisonment to silence criticism. A CPJ special report by Elana Beiser</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/reports/2015/12/china-egypt-imprison-record-numbers-of-journalists-jail/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="26572" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/attacks/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid26572" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Attacks On The Press</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2015/04/attacks-on-the-press-treating-internet-as-enemy-in-middle-east/" title="Treating the Internet as the enemy in the Middle East"><img width="620" height="300" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aop2015-11-internet-rtrs-1.jpg?w=620&h=300&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi shout slogans against the military and government during a protest in Cairo on November 28, 2014. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aop2015-11-internet-rtrs-1.jpg 620w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aop2015-11-internet-rtrs-1.jpg?resize=300,145 300w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/aop2015-11-internet-rtrs-1.jpg?resize=570,276 570w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2015/04/attacks-on-the-press-treating-internet-as-enemy-in-middle-east/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Treating the Internet as the enemy in the Middle East"></a> <h3>Treating the Internet as the enemy in the Middle East</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-04-27T11:01:45-04:00">April 27, 2015 11:01 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>The snow and freezing temperatures that struck Saudi Arabia unexpectedly in December 2013 were newsworthy in a desert kingdom better known for its extreme heat. But the fact that the ensuing power outages at a regional prison left prisoners without power or heat for nearly a week was apparently off-limits to reporters.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2015/04/attacks-on-the-press-treating-internet-as-enemy-in-middle-east/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="26209" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/cases/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid26209" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Case</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2015/02/kuwait-shuts-down-two-outlets-after-revoking-ceos/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Kuwait shuts down two outlets after revoking CEO’s citizenship"></a> <h3>Kuwait shuts down two outlets after revoking CEO’s citizenship</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-02-23T14:41:51-05:00">February 23, 2015 2:41 PM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Kuwaiti authorities withdrew the licenses of a TV station and daily newspaper in July 2014 after revoking the citizenship of the outlets’ CEO, according to news reports. The paper and TV station were not operating.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2015/02/kuwait-shuts-down-two-outlets-after-revoking-ceos/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="26200" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid26200" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2015/02/kuwaiti-court-upholds-government-shutdown-of-al-wa/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Kuwaiti court upholds government shutdown of Al-Watan newspaper"></a> <h3>Kuwaiti court upholds government shutdown of Al-Watan newspaper</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-02-19T15:13:12-05:00">February 19, 2015 3:13 PM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Washington, February 19, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the official harassment of the Kuwaiti independent daily Al-Watan and calls on authorities to allow the paper to resume publishing its print edition. In the latest legal twist, a Kuwaiti court on Wednesday upheld the government’s decision to shut down the paper, according to news reports.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2015/02/kuwaiti-court-upholds-government-shutdown-of-al-wa/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="22427" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/features-and-analysis/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid22427" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Features & Analysis</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2013/04/kuwaiti-prime-minister-delays-draft-media-law/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Kuwaiti prime minister delays draft media law"></a> <h3>Kuwaiti prime minister delays draft media law</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2013-04-25T14:00:49-04:00">April 25, 2013 2:00 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>In a welcome move Wednesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah offered to shelve Kuwait’s controversial draft media law, according to news reports. The announcement came in what the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) called a “candid, frank, and expanded meeting with chief editors of Kuwaiti press.” </p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2013/04/kuwaiti-prime-minister-delays-draft-media-law/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="22418" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/features-and-analysis/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid22418" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Features & Analysis</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2013/04/kuwait-should-abandon-repressive-draft-media-law/" title="Kuwait should abandon repressive draft media law"><img width="400" height="225" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blog.kuwait.4.24.reuters.jpg?w=400&h=225&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="Supporters of Kuwaiti opposition politician Musallam al-Barrak pray in the yard of his house in Andulos, after he was sentenced to jail for insulting the emir, April 15. (Reuters/Stephanie McGehee)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blog.kuwait.4.24.reuters.jpg 400w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blog.kuwait.4.24.reuters.jpg?resize=300,169 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2013/04/kuwait-should-abandon-repressive-draft-media-law/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Kuwait should abandon repressive draft media law"></a> <h3>Kuwait should abandon repressive draft media law</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2013-04-24T10:29:30-04:00">April 24, 2013 10:29 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>On April 8, the Kuwaiti cabinet approved a draft media law that would severely undermine press freedom in the country. But it is not too late to prevent a bad bill from becoming a bad law.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2013/04/kuwait-should-abandon-repressive-draft-media-law/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="archive-navigation"> <a href="https://cpj.org/mideast/kuwait/page/2/" class="more-category-news" > More documents on Kuwait &rsaquo; </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="archive-list "> <span class="form-inline"> <label for="year-nav" class="text-muted"> Kuwait documents by Year: </label>    <select id="year-nav" onchange="document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;" tabindex="-1" class="form-control btn-full" size="1"> <option value='https://cpj.org/mideast/kuwait/2022/'> 2022 </option> <option value='https://cpj.org/mideast/kuwait/2021/'> 2021 </option> <option value='https://cpj.org/mideast/kuwait/2020/'> 2020 </option> <option value='https://cpj.org/mideast/kuwait/2018/'> 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