Legal Actions in Kuwait Against Critics of the Emir

The Kuwaiti public prosecutor announced that it ordered the preemptive detention of a citizen, and the apprehension and summons of others on the charge of publishing phrases that undermine the rights and authorities of the Emir of the country. The public prosecutor stated that the detainees "published on their accounts on the social media platform (X) phrases that involved an attack on the rights, authorities, and dignity of His Highness the Emir of the country."