Kuwait police arrest senior political dissident

‘Security forces in Kuwait have detained a prominent opposition figure, who was on the run after being sentenced to two years in prison on charges of insulting the Persian Gulf kingdom’s monarch Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Kuwaiti police raided a farm in Kabed area, which lies southwest of the capital, Kuwait city, early on Saturday and arrested Musallam al-Barrak as he was attending a dinner reception.

Lawyer Mohammed Abdel Kader al-Jassim said nine relatives of the 59-year-old former legislator were also detained.’

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