A Kuwaiti court jailed a woman for 11 years on Monday for posting remarks on Twitter deemed insulting the emir and calling to overthrow the regime, said the verdict.
Huda al-Ajmi was convicted on three counts of insulting the emir, calling to overthrow the regime and misusing her mobile phone, according to a copy of the lower court ruling.
The director of the Kuwait Society for Human Rights, Mohammad al-Humaidi, confirmed the verdict on Twitter, the popular micro-blogging website.
Kuwait woman gets 11 years for anti-emir tweets
