Kuwait, our staunch ally in the wars against "dictators", imprisons blogger for ten years

Canada does keep good company, don't we?  We are so goody-goody and kissy-kissy with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait. We are so open to their propaganda machine Al Jazeera.   Hey, did you hear our all-knowing Foreign Affairs Minister praising these countries and their governments?  I was good enough to not link to that vomit-inducing article....didn't want to spoil your weekend by making you see how much more stupid the CINOs have become.

How can members of the Conservative party of Canada even think of standing in the same room with the membes of the monstrous governments of these fucking arab nations?  

...ANHRI condemns the ruling upholding the 10 year imprisonment sentence and 1000 Kuwaiti Dinars fine of Lawrence al-Rashidi, Kuwaiti blogger, on charges of “insulting the Prince and his powers in poems uploaded on YouTube”. ANHRI considers this ruling an evidence that freedom of expression in Kuwait has become at its lowest

The case goes back to June 2011, when the general prosecution accused al-Rashidi of “spreading false news and rumors about the situation in the country”, “uploading visual and audio recordings prepared by him on YouTube”, “calling for the demolition of values and ethics”, and “calling the tribes to appoint a Prince of the country, demonstrate, confront the ruling regime, and bring down its transgressions”. Al-Rashidi is also being tried because of his posts on Twitter, deemed by the authorities as “an insult to the princely identity”.

It is worth noting that Article 54 of the Kuwaiti constitution stipulates that “the Prince is the head of state whose identity shall not be touched”. This Article contradicts international conventions on human rights that guarantee individuals’ right to freedom of opinion and expression. International conventions also do not put any one above the law or gives him\her immunity against criticism......