Kuwaiti student Salman AlKhaldy re-sentenced to five years despite royal pardon for criticising Saudi Arabia
Timeline
May 15, 2023: AlKhaldy is re-sentenced to 5 years in prison with hard labour despite his pardon.
January 18, 2023: Kuwait issues an official royal pardon for AlKhaldy.
June 28, 2022: MENA Rights Group and ALQST for Human Rights raise the case of AlKhaldy with the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression.
June 6, 2022: The High Criminal Court sentences AlKhaldy to five years in prison and hard labour, in absentia.
May 23, 2022: AlKhaldy’s trial begins before the High Criminal Court of the State Security Department in Kuwait.
May 21, 2022: AlKhaldy flees Qatar for the United Kingdom where he applies for asylum.
April 7, 2022: AlKhaldy is notified of the complaint filed against him by the Saudi ambassador in Kuwait.
December 25, 2021: AlKhaldy is stopped at the Saudi border and told he is banned from entering Saudi territory for 25 years.
March 25, 2021: AlKhaldy criticizes on Twitter the role played by Mohammed Bin Salman in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.