As the news about Al-Jasem's detention spread, a public campaign for his release was launched © Private
By Ghanim Alnajjar, human rights activist and Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University
Until Muhammad ‘Abd al-Qader Al-Jasem was detained on 11 May 2010, we in Kuwait had prided ourselves that we lived in a country that had no political prisoners. His arrest was a shock to many people, and his release on 28 June will certainly add to the pressure on the government to keep its record clean in a region of the world that, unfortunately, could be described as the “Empty Quarter” for political freedoms.
Al-Jasem, a lawyer and a blogger, who has been writing critically of the Prime Minister and other officials since 2005, was summoned to State Security Headquarters on 11 May 2010 and arrested.
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