Cassation upholds two-year sentence for fake tweeter ‘Salty Cheese’

In a final ruling, the Court of Cassation has upheld the verdict of the Court of Appeal and sentenced the owner of the pseudonymous social media account “Salty Cheese” (“Jibn Melh”) to two years in prison with hard labor.

He has been convicted of publicly challenging and undermining the rights and constitutional authority of His Highness the Amir, reports Al-Rai daily.

The case centered on posts published through a fake account on the social media platform X, which the Public Prosecution deemed as containing content that violated the sanctity of the Amir’s constitutional role and incited public discourse against the state’s leadership.

The Criminal Court had initially found the defendant guilty and issued a two-year prison sentence. The ruling was later upheld by the Court of Appeal.

This ruling reflects the judiciary’s firm stance on protecting national symbols and constitutional institutions, especially the Amir, whose position is regarded as inviolable under Article 54 of Kuwait’s Constitution, which states that “The Amir is the Head of State, his person is immune and inviolable.”