KUWAIT CITY: Thousands of Kuwaitis demonstrated Monday night after the lower court sentenced key opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak to five years in prison for insulting the emir.
Around 10,000 people gathered at Barrak's residence southwest of the capital Kuwait City and marched on the nearby central jail, where Barrak could serve his jail term, disrupting traffic at a major highway without any police interference.
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