Kuwait City: A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday sentenced an opposition activist to ten years in jail for publishing a diagram on Twitter showing how a petrol bomb is made, the court ruling said.
The court convicted Saqr Al Hashash of inciting attacks on policemen, providing training on the manufacture of Molotov cocktails, taking part in an unlicensed protest, and disobeying police orders.
The charges were based on a tweet Al Hashash sent in July showing a diagram on Molotov cocktails which explained how they are made.
The ruling, which can still be appealed, was issued in absentia because he is not currently in Kuwait.
Al Hashash, a young activist, was handed a 20-month jail term in January for allegedly insulting the emirate’s ruler Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah.
Kuwaiti courts have handed down prison sentences to several opposition activists and former lawmakers for remarks deemed insulting to the emir as well as other charges.
