Kuwait court jails three ISIS supporters

Home World Kuwait court jails three ISIS supporters 20-12-2014 10:30 AM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A Kuwaiti court has jailed three Arab supporters of ISIS militant group, in a first for the Gulf emirate, newspapers reported Friday. The court sentenced a Kuwaiti to 10 years in jail for urging support for the group and also for insulting Kuwait’s ruler in public. An Egyptian and a Jordanian were handed four-year terms for helping him distribute pro-ISIS leaflets, local media reports said, quoting Thursday's ruling. The verdicts can be appealed but the men are in currently in prison. It was the first such Kuwaiti court ruling against supporters of ISIS, the target of US-led air strikes in Syria and neighboring Iraq. Kuwaiti courts are examining two similar cases. In September, police arrested several suspected ISIS members under the Gulf state’s commitment to the U.S.-led coalition against the jihadists. Dozens of Kuwaitis have fought alongside rebel groups in Syria battling President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and a number have been killed in the conflict. *AFP

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Kuwait court jails three ISIS supporters

20-12-2014 10:30 AM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A Kuwaiti court has jailed three Arab supporters of ISIS militant group, in a first for the Gulf emirate, newspapers reported Friday.

The court sentenced a Kuwaiti to 10 years in jail for urging support for the group and also for insulting Kuwait’s ruler in public.

An Egyptian and a Jordanian were handed four-year terms for helping him distribute pro-ISIS leaflets, local media reports said, quoting Thursday's ruling.

The verdicts can be appealed but the men are in currently in prison.

It was the first such Kuwaiti court ruling against supporters of ISIS, the target of US-led air strikes in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

Kuwaiti courts are examining two similar cases.

In September, police arrested several suspected ISIS members under the Gulf state’s commitment to the U.S.-led coalition against the jihadists.

Dozens of Kuwaitis have fought alongside rebel groups in Syria battling President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and a number have been killed in the conflict.

*AFP

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