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Kuwait: New Cyber Crimes Law restricts free expression and targets online activists
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Publisher: Reporters Without Borders
Date Written: 22/01/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
Kuwait: New Cyber Crimes Law restricts free expression and targets online activists
Abstract: The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Article 19, Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are seriously concerned about the impact of the new Cyber Crimes Law no. 63, which comes into force on 12 January 2016, on freedom of expression and online activism in Kuwait. The law was published in the official newspaper on 7 July 2015 after being approved by the National Assembly on 16 June 2015.
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