CPJ calls on Kuwait to release US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kuwaiti authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin.

Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning journalist who posts prolifically on social media, has not posted online or been seen in public in Kuwait — where he was visiting family — since March 2. It is understood that authorities have charged him with spreading false information, harming national security, and misusing his mobile phone — vague and overly broad accusations that are routinely used to silence independent journalists.  

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