Al-Seyassah daily reported that the State Security Court of Appeals issued several rulings in its latest session on matters involving state security, incitement, spreading false news and expressions of support for Iranian attacks. The court upheld a three-year prison sentence against a former pilot convicted of inciting sedition and voicing backing for the Iranian attacks. The ex-pilot had secured prior convictions in other state security cases, according to the newspaper.
The publication added that the court upheld the acquittal of a former parliamentary candidate charged with inciting sedition. It maintained the acquittal of a journalist accused of spreading false news. The court also sustained the acquittal of a daily newspaper in a lawsuit filed by the Iranian embassy concerning reports the mission considered offensive to Iran.
Al-Seyassah noted that the court upheld non-sentencing rulings for several Twitter users, among them a doctor. The appeals panel overturned a prior no-sentencing decision for another Twitter user yet ultimately acquitted him. These social media cases formed a notable portion of the session’s docket.
In a further ruling the court overturned a three-year prison sentence previously imposed on a blogger for spreading false news, substituting non-sentencing while upholding his acquittal on separate charges of insulting Gulf states. The newspaper described the session as covering a wide spectrum of security-related appeals. Proceedings of this nature have become more frequent amid regional developments.
The July 8 session follows a July 4 ruling by the same court that sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to 10 years in prison for joining Hezbollah and meeting members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Al-Seyassah reported earlier. That defendant had previously received a pardon linked to the Abdali Cell case. Kuwaiti authorities have pursued multiple similar prosecutions tied to social media activity and alleged foreign affiliations in recent months.
The State Security Court of Appeals functions as the primary appellate body for cases threatening national stability under Kuwaiti law. Local press outlets have documented dozens of such matters in the past two years, many originating from online posts during periods of heightened Middle East tensions. Court data reflected in these reports show a pattern of both upheld convictions and acquittals depending on the strength of evidence presented.
