Journalists Imprisoned in Kuwait

Journalists Imprisoned in Kuwait (7)
(as of 12-31-97)
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	Ibtisam Berto Sulaiman al-Dakhil Usamah Suhail Abdallah Hussein Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Asad al-Husseini Ahmad Abd Mustafa Sentenced: June 1991 The four journalists were given life sentences for working for the Iraqi occupation newspaper Al-Nida. They were taken into custody after Kuwait’s liberation and charged with collaboration. The trials, which began on May 19, 1991, in martial-law courts, failed to comply with international standards of justice. The defendants were reportedly tortured during their interrogations. Their defense—that they were coerced to work for the Iraqi newspaper—was not rebutted by prosecutors. On June 16, 1991, the journalists were sentenced to death. Ten days later all martial-law death sentences were commuted to life terms, following international protests.
	Nawwaf Izzedin al-Khatib Sentenced: June 20, 1992 Al-Khatib, a Palestinian journalist, was convicted of having worked for the Iraqi occupation newspaper Al-Nida and sentenced by the State Security Court to 10 years in prison. The court also fined him KD2000 and ordered that he be expelled from the country upon termination of his sentences.
	Mufid Mustafa Abd al-Rahim Ghazi Alam al-Dine Sentenced: July 28, 1992 The State Security Court convicted Abd al-Rahim and Alam al-Dine of working for the Iraqi occupation newspaper Al-Nida. Abd al-Rahim, a Palestinian, and Alam al-Dine, a Jordanian citizen and former editor at the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), were sentenced to 10 years in prison. Alam al-Dine had only worked a total of 12 hours for Al-Nida. The court also fined each of the two men KD2000 and ordered that they be expelled from the country upon termination of their sentences. Abd al Rahim, who is in his sixties, suffers from paralysis in one of his hands—the result of torture at the hands of Kuwaiti authorities. Alam al-Dine, who is reported to be in his late fifties, is said to suffer from a serious heart condition.

Please send appeals to:
His Highness Shaikh Sa’ad al-’Abdallah al-Sabah,
Crown Prince and Prime Minister
Al-Diwan al-Amiri
Al-Safat
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Telegrams to:
His Highness Shaikh Sa’ad al-’Abdallah al-Sabah
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Fax: 965-243-0121

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