Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning Kuwaiti American journalist whose past work includes reporting for HuffPost, has reportedly been jailed in Kuwait over social media posts related to the Iran war.
The 41-year-old was arrested on March 3 in Kuwait City and faces prosecution in a special tribunal, the independent news outlet Drop Site reported Tuesday.
His charges include spreading false information, harming national security and misusing his mobile phone, according to The Guardian.
It’s unclear which social media post reportedly led to his arrest, though he had shared CNN footage on March 2 of a U.S. Air Force fighter plane crashing west of Kuwait City on his Substack page.
Shihab-Eldin wrote that the pilot and weapons officer on the plane successfully ejected and survived, and that local residents came to the assistance of one of the crew members. He hasn’t posted on his page since.
