Post by Admin on Aug 1, 2013 9:20:05 GMT
Kuwait's ruler has used the opportunity of Ramadan - the month of fasting associated with forgiveness - to pardon all those convicted of offending him.
The announcement on Wednesday is an apparent effort to help defuse political tensions after last week's parliamentary elections in the Gulf nation.
"On the occasion of the last 10 days of Ramadan, I am pleased to issue an emiri pardon for those who have been handed jail terms on charges of insulting the emir," Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said in a televised speech.
The official Kuwait News Agency gave no further details.
www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/07/20137319644256144.html