Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, the Kuwaiti-American journalist who recently spent weeks in jail over sharing images related to the US-Israeli war on Iran, has had his Kuwaiti citizenship revoked.
The citizenships of his two sisters were also stripped.
“I am free - but many remain behind bars in Kuwait and across the region for speaking the truth. Today, my sisters and I have become part of the more than 50,000 Kuwaitis who have had their citizenship revoked,” Shihab-Eldin said in a statement issued on Wednesday by his legal team.
The American-born Kuwaiti national, 41, was arrested on 2 March while visiting family in Kuwait.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that his arrest came after he shared publicly available footage and images related to the Iran war. The posts included footage of a US fighter jet crashing into a US air base in Kuwait.
