The Courtroom of Appeals has positioned a maintain on the execution of a three-year jail sentence in opposition to former Member of Parliament Saleh Al-Mulla, granting him launch on good conduct bail.
This resolution comes after Al-Mulla was initially sentenced by the Prison Courtroom to 2 years’ imprisonment with onerous labor in a state safety case, reviews Al-Rai.
Al-Mulla’s unique conviction stemmed from a tweet he posted on his X account in Could 2024. Authorities interpreted the put up as a problem to the authority of His Highness the Amir and as a misuse of his telephone.
He was beforehand launched on bail of 1,000 dinars through the prosecution’s investigation. Through the trial, Al-Mulla maintained that his social media put up expressed constitutional opinion and didn’t represent an assault.
The Appeals Courtroom has scheduled the subsequent listening to for 17 December, when it should difficulty a ultimate ruling on the case.