KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti appeals court on Monday overturned a five-year jail sentence handed to a prominent opposition politician convicted of insulting the ruling emir in a speech at a rally last year, a defence lawyer said.
Musallam al-Barrak's case, which sparked street protests, would continue at the appeals court early next month when the defence team will call witnesses, lawyer Mohammed Abdel Kadr al-Jassim said.
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