Appeals overturns 5-year prison sentence against ISIS member

20/10/2024

Appeals overturns 5-year prison sentence against ISIS member

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 20: The Court of Appeals overturned the five-year prison sentence imposed on a 30-year-old citizen, an employee at the Ministry of Awqaf accused of planning with ISIS to kill Shiites and American forces in Saudi Arabia and urging his wife to pledge allegiance to ISIS leaders. The higher court decided to refrain from punishing the employee.

The Public Prosecution had earlier declared that the accused committed hostile acts against another country (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ) from 2018 to 2023, without permission from the Kuwaiti government. He agreed and planned with others to carry out acts of sabotage, including “killing some police officers and the Shiite sect in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” Investigation reports stated that such acts would lead to Kuwait severing political relations with another country, the prosecution explained.

The prosecution also charged the accused with participating and urging others to join a banned group (ISIS), whose purpose is to spread principles aimed at destroying the basic systems in the country through illegal means. He urged his wife to join the organization of the Caliphate State, while he was aware of the purpose for which these groups work.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud

Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff