Human rights conditions deteriorated in Kuwait in 2012 during an ongoing political crisis, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in its World Report 2013.
The US-based organisation said security forces used what appeared to be excessive force to disperse stateless bidun residents and anti-government demonstrators on multiple occasions, and authorities briefly banned protests in October.
It added in the report that government prosecutors charged at least 25 people, including online activists and former members of Parliament, with speech-related crimes such as “offending the emir” and “misusing electronic devices” for posting remarks on Twitter, or giving speeches during anti-government protests.
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