Kuwaiti court gives woman 11 years in jail for insulting emir

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah talks during the opening ceremony of the plenary session of the high-level segment of the 18th session of the Conference of Parties (COP18) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha December 4, 2012.  REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti court sentenced a woman teacher to a total of 11 years in jail on Monday for insulting the emir, inciting regime change and insulting a religious sect via Twitter, two sources close to the case said.

Huda al-Ajmi, 37, is the first woman known to have been convicted for criticising the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state's ruler, described as "immune and inviolable" in the constitution.