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centerLIVE UPDATEKuwait detaining journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin after social media posts
Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Tue, 04/14/2026 - 13:54 Rights groups say journalist's detention is 'emblematic' of broader crackdown in the region on online speech amid Iran war Award-winning journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has reported for PBS, The New York Times and Al Jazeera English (Screengrab/Facebook) Off Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning international journalist, has been detained for over a month by the Kuwaiti authorities following social media posts related to the Iran war, campaig
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