70 activists, ex-MPs acquitted of storming Kuwait parliament

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AFP Kuwait City
Last Updated : Dec 09 2013 | 2:31 PM IST
Kuwait's lower court today acquitted 70 opposition activists including nine former MPs of charges of storming the parliament building in the oil-rich Gulf state two years ago.
"All the defendants were found not guilty" of charges of storming a public building, assaulting police, resisting orders and damaging public property, in the ruling by judge Hisham Abdullah.
Hundreds of opposition activists entered the seaside building in Kuwait City after a noisy November 16, 2011 protest to demand the removal of then-prime minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, over corruption allegations.
Sheikh Nasser resigned two weeks later and a new government was formed, after which the emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, dissolved parliament and called fresh polls.
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First Published: Dec 09 2013 | 2:31 PM IST

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