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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a journalist known for his past work at VICE, HuffPost, Al Jazeera and other media outlets, is apparently behind bars in Kuwait, six weeks after posting a video of a US Air Force fighter jet crashing in western Kuwait.
Shihab-Eldin's friends and allies made his case public on Tuesday, hoping the publicity would help secure his release.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said that “ it is understood that the authorities have accused him of spreading false information, harming national security and misusing his mobile phone, vague and overly broad charges that are regularly used to silence independent journalists .”
Since the start of the Iran war, Kuwait and other Gulf states have taken tough measures against individuals who post videos of Iranian missile attacks and other sensitive topics.
The Gulf Center for Human Rights said in an early April report that the war “is being used as a pretext to suppress freedom of speech, seize citizens’ public liberties, and target journalists, bloggers, and online activists who express opinions that do not align with government policies.”
"These individuals are subject to arbitrary imprisonment and detention, as well as unfair trials on trumped-up charges using anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws," the group said.
Shihab-Eldin, who is Kuwaiti-American, was visiting family in Kuwait in early March when he was apparently arrested.
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