State Security Appeals Court: Citizen Sentenced to Three Years for Challenging the Emir's Rights and Insulting the Emirate

The State Security Department at the Court of Appeal, presided over by Advisor Abdullah Al-Sanea and with the participation of Advisors Meshal Al-Mutawa and Saud Al-Mutairi, reviewed several rulings in cases involving appeals against the rights of His Highness the Amir and money laundering.

It sentenced a Kuwaiti national to three years in prison for publicly insulting the rights of His Highness the Amir, showing contempt for the institution of the Amirship, disparaging the rulers of Gulf states, and inciting sectarian strife through sympathy and support for the reprehensible Iranian aggression against the country.

Earlier, investigations by the State Security Agency had identified posts on his Instagram account containing images of the reprehensible Iranian attacks, including the targeting of a Kuwaiti oil facility, which caused panic among the public. Other images constituted a grave insult to the symbols of the state, its ruler, the rulers and symbols of Gulf states, and the leaders of friendly countries, along with expressions of gratitude and support for the bombing of U.S. military bases in Kuwait and the Gulf region.

The same department annulled a previous three-year prison sentence imposed on a citizen accused of insulting the Amir’s dignity, having been convicted of the offense. Instead, it ordered his referral to psychiatric care after it was established that he was not responsible for his actions due to mental illness.

In another case, the department referred a defendant to psychiatry for an evaluation of his mental capacity and decided to postpone rulings in other cases, including money laundering, to the following month.