Court fines man for insulting expats, acquits others in ISIS case

• The court postponed its ruling to April 23 in a case involving two citizens accused of ISIS affiliation and financing; one, a Defense Ministry soldier sentenced to five years with bail denied, and the other, an assistant engineer who was acquitted.

The Court of Appeal, presided over by Counselor Nasr Salem Al-Haid with Counselors Saud Al-Sanea and Tariq Metwally, upheld the acquittal of a 60-year-old citizen accused of impersonating a Twitter user, spreading false information, and jeopardizing Kuwaiti-Egyptian relations, according to Arabic daily Al Rai.

The court also upheld a fine of 2,000 dinars for charges of insulting expatriate advisors and misusing telecommunications through the X platform. Additionally, the same court confirmed the acquittal of a citizen accused of belonging to ISIS and promoting the organization’s ideology on social media.

Meanwhile, the court postponed its ruling to the 23rd of this month in a separate case involving charges of affiliation with and financing ISIS, as well as creating a website to disseminate the group’s ideology. Two citizens are accused in this case: the first, a Ministry of Defense soldier who was sentenced to five years in prison and whose release was denied by the court; the second, an assistant engineer who was acquitted.