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Kuwait rally dispersed with tear gas and stun grenades (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Published time: July 07, 2014 01:12 Get short URL
Kuwaiti police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Kuwait City July 6, 2014. (Reuters / Jassim Mohammed)Kuwaiti police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Kuwait City July 6, 2014. (Reuters / Jassim Mohammed)
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Riot police in Kuwait have once again used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of protesters who gathered in Kuwait for the fifth day straight demanding the release of a detained opposition leader.
Social media and witness reports from the ground say that armored vehicles were firing volleys at activists as they marched toward a court complex in the capital Kuwait City, where opposition leader and a former MP, Mussallam al Barrak, is scheduled to face trial on Monday on charges of insulting the judiciary.
Defying government orders not to hold unauthorized protests, more than 2,000 people tried to make it to old market where police broke up the demonstration, chasing some activists along the narrow streets of the city center.
Kuwaiti security forces arrive at the scene as tires are burning during a demonstration of supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak to ask for his release on July 6, 2014 in Kuwait City (AFP Photo / Yasser Al-Zayyat)Kuwaiti security forces arrive at the scene as tires are burning during a demonstration of supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak to ask for his release on July 6, 2014 in Kuwait City (AFP Photo / Yasser Al-Zayyat)
Kuwait's Interior Ministry in a press release said there were no injuries when security forces dispersed the activists. No arrests were mentioned at the “unauthorized” rally, Start Tribute reports.
The ministry blamed demonstrators for the violence, saying that unidentified men threw a petrol bomb at the jail where Barrak has been held for the past five days.
It was the fifth night of violence in Kuwait sparked by the arrest of Barrak, who says he has documents that prove illicit financial transfers to senior officials, including judges.
Kuwaiti security forces arrive at the scene as tires are burning during a demonstration of supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak to ask for his release on July 6, 2014 in Kuwait City (AFP Photo / Yasser Al-Zayyat)
Published time: July 07, 2014 01:12 Get short URL
Kuwaiti police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Kuwait City July 6, 2014. (Reuters / Jassim Mohammed)Kuwaiti police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Kuwait City July 6, 2014. (Reuters / Jassim Mohammed)
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Clashes, Crime, Middle East, Opposition, Police, Politics, Protest, Violence
Riot police in Kuwait have once again used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of protesters who gathered in Kuwait for the fifth day straight demanding the release of a detained opposition leader.
Social media and witness reports from the ground say that armored vehicles were firing volleys at activists as they marched toward a court complex in the capital Kuwait City, where opposition leader and a former MP, Mussallam al Barrak, is scheduled to face trial on Monday on charges of insulting the judiciary.
Defying government orders not to hold unauthorized protests, more than 2,000 people tried to make it to old market where police broke up the demonstration, chasing some activists along the narrow streets of the city center.
Kuwaiti security forces arrive at the scene as tires are burning during a demonstration of supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak to ask for his release on July 6, 2014 in Kuwait City (AFP Photo / Yasser Al-Zayyat)Kuwaiti security forces arrive at the scene as tires are burning during a demonstration of supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak to ask for his release on July 6, 2014 in Kuwait City (AFP Photo / Yasser Al-Zayyat)
Kuwait's Interior Ministry in a press release said there were no injuries when security forces dispersed the activists. No arrests were mentioned at the “unauthorized” rally, Start Tribute reports.
The ministry blamed demonstrators for the violence, saying that unidentified men threw a petrol bomb at the jail where Barrak has been held for the past five days.
It was the fifth night of violence in Kuwait sparked by the arrest of Barrak, who says he has documents that prove illicit financial transfers to senior officials, including judges.
Kuwaiti security forces arrive at the scene as tires are burning during a demonstration of supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak to ask for his release on July 6, 2014 in Kuwait City (AFP Photo / Yasser Al-Zayyat)
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