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Kuwait court jails three IS supporters
(MENAFN- Arab News) KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti court has jailed three Arab supporters of the Islamic State 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-IS 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 IS the target of US-led air strikes in Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
Kuwaiti courts are examining two similar cases.
In September police arrested several suspected IS members under the Gulf state's commitment to the US-led coalition against the militants.
Dozens of Kuwaitis have fought alongside rebel groups in Syria battling President Bashar Assad's regime and a number have been killed in the conflict.
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-IS 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 IS the target of US-led air strikes in Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
Kuwaiti courts are examining two similar cases.
In September police arrested several suspected IS members under the Gulf state's commitment to the US-led coalition against the militants.
Dozens of Kuwaitis have fought alongside rebel groups in Syria battling President Bashar Assad's regime and a number have been killed in the conflict.
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