Kuwait’s Court of Cassation adjourned hearing into Parliament’s storming case - a case in which about 67 Kuwaitis are being tried, including former and current deputies.
The court was expected to issue its final ruling on a parliament storming lawsuit that has been pending for more than six years, but adjourned the hearing until July 8.
The defendants were charged with storming the parliament in November 2011, demanding the resignation of the then Prime Minister Shaikh Nasser Al Mohammad.
In December 2013, the Court of First Instance acquitted the defendants in this case. In November 2017, the Court of Appeal overturned the acquittal and sentenced 67 activists, including former and current deputies, to prison terms ranging from one to nine years of imprisonment.
Deputies accused in this case include prominent opposition figure Muslim Barrak, in addition to three current deputies, namely: Juman al-Harbash, Walid Tabtabai, and Mohammed al-Mutair. The court ordered the imprisonment of seven former deputies and acquitted only two others.
